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OCSA Discusses Energy Drinks with City of Toronto
As you may know by now, the City of Toronto has ruled against implementing any age-restrictions on energy drinks. Prior

First in Canada: Costco Wholesale Business Centre Opens
Unique concept benefits businesses of all sizes, from retailers to restaurants to offices. Scarborough, ON – Costco Wholesale today opened

Celebrating Our Neighbourhood Corner Stores
Convenience Stories We found this great story over at ConvenienceStories.org about a video project focusing on the different convenience stores

2017 Ontario Minimum Wage Increase set for Oct 1st
Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn made the announcement that the increase will come into effect on October 1, 2017, and

Convenience U 2017 – A Great Success
This year’s Toronto edition of The Convenience U CARWACS Show really delivered the goods. More attendees and more opportunities to

2016 Retailers of the Year Awards
At this year’s Hall of Fame Awards two retailers were celebrated for their commitment to the industry. The 2017 recipients
SIAL 80% Discount – Special Coupon Code for OCSA Retailers
Register now for the SIAL Food Show get an 80% discount promo code SIALPROMOBK17 ==> Click here to register for

Smoke Free Ontario Advice on ITSA Flavour Cards
There has been some confusion in the Ontario market place whether the ITSA flavour cards are a tobacco product and

Plain Packaging May Not Be Best Option
Proposed changes to the packaging of tobacco products could have a direct impact on convenience stores throughout Canada. Recently, JTI-Macdonald