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The Food Professor

Michael LeBlanc, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

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Join Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax with host Michael LeBlanc as they look at the hot issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries. We'll discuss proprietary industry and consumer food related research, check out fresh new ideas and talk about half baked strategies. © 2020-2026 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Episodes (275)

Sizzling Summer Food Industry News & Special Guest Tony Chapman, Marketing Visi...

The Food Professor

Aug 29, 202455:08pending

Top Global Retail Technology Expert Carl Boutet on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation...

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Aug 22, 202417:38pending

The Grand Fromage, Cheese Master Gurth Pretty, returns on a Summer SIAL Food Inn...

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Aug 15, 202418:43pending

Getting Yourself Into (and out of) A Pickle with Daniel Jurkovic, Co-Owner at Al...

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Aug 8, 202422:50pending

Chef Chuck Hughes is Back on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

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Aug 1, 202419:53pending

Meet Michi Furuya Chang, EVP, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, FHCP on a Summ...

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Jul 25, 202416:32pending

Meet Guillermo Anderson, St. Brigid's Creamery on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation...

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Jul 18, 202416:40pending

Meet Souriya Otmani, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Canada, a Summer SI...

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Jul 11, 202414:39pending

Meet Guy Chartier, CEO of Bee Maid Honey Limited, a Summer SIAL Food Innovation...

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Jul 4, 202415:24pending

MNP Agri-Food Power Index Preview, Shatner's Salmon Soliloquy, The Last Timbit,...

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Jun 27, 20241:15:22pending

Look-Smell-Taste' Initiative, B.C. Salmon Farming Shutdown, The Capital Gains Ta...

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Jun 20, 202458:25pending

EU Tilt Right & Ag, Montreal Terrace Fiasco, Veggie Hot Dog Controversy, and gue...

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Jun 13, 202454:56pending

Rate Cut Ripple, Beef with Beef Processing, Strawberry Fields Forever, and guest...

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Jun 6, 202442:38pending

Ketchup Wars Reduxe, BOC's Interest Rate Pending Decision, Theft Stats and guest...

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May 30, 202445:38pending

Food Inflation hits the brakes, Dairy Avian Flu Mystery Meeting, Loblaw New Stra...

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May 23, 202459:48pending

Live at SIAL in Montreal, Canada's Sad Supply Chain, and our guest Marc Vaucher,...

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May 16, 202444:30pending

Florida Bans Lab Meat, Fake China Cooking Oil, Starbucks Troubles and Guest Dr....

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May 9, 202444:11pending

The Philosophy of Boycotts, McDonald's Results Miss & guest Chamali Kodikara, Un...

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May 2, 202437:36pending

Food Safety & Affordability Research, Shrinkflation Signage, California Fast Foo...

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Apr 25, 202454:05pending

Food & the Federal Budget, Breakfast Breakdown and Exclusive Edible Cannabis Res...

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Apr 18, 202448:11pending

Stats Canada Food Fight, $ US1.4 Trillion Farm Bill, Rib Robots and guest Ian Le...

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Apr 11, 202457:21pending

New School Food Program Gets The Grade, Olive Oil Squeeze, Avian Flu Dairy and g...

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Apr 4, 202459:04pending

Bad Shrimp, Fungus Frustrated Easter Bunny, One Million Canadians on GLP-1s and...

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Mar 28, 202457:32pending

Cattle Futures, Vegas Restaurant Bifurcation, the state of food inflation, Carbo...

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Mar 21, 202457:53pending

Where's The Beef (from)?, Did Aldi Even Take the Call, and our first Caddle Rapi...

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Mar 14, 202432:31pending

Cookie Monster Hates Shrinkflation, Growing Global Obesity, and Global Hunger wi...

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Mar 7, 202453:13pending

Let Them Eat Cake and Corn Flakes, Dynamic Dumpster Fire & Special Guest Colleen...

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Feb 29, 202443:41pending

Let Them Eat Lobster (please), Grocery Shopper New Insights, and guest Ori Cohav...

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Feb 22, 202453:16pending

Farmers Fight the Great Divides, Tim Horton's Scores in Seconds, and Free Trade...

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Feb 15, 202428:35pending

Testy Testifying, Groundbreaking Remilk Gets Approval, Athletic Brewing Swifty S...

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Feb 8, 20241:00:29pending

Dialling for Discounters, Lessons from European Farmers & guest Top Food Industr...

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Feb 1, 202458:11pending

Enjoy Today Discounts, B.C. Chicken Takes Flight, & The Art & Science of Innovat...

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Jan 25, 202452:20pending

Kingston Chinese Milk Plant exclusive, Celebrating Matty's Emmy & guest Alison S...

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Jan 18, 202456:40pending

2024 Food Industry Predictions, Relative Danger and our guest, Aeryon Ashlie, Fo...

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Jan 11, 202446:11pending

Special Encore Interview Episode: Guests Isaiah Robinson, Kitasoo Xai'xais Natio...

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Jan 4, 202428:00pending

Special Encore Interview Episode: Special Guest Sam Zien, aka "Sam The Cooking G...

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Dec 28, 202336:12pending

Canadian's Food Priorities, Food Fights in Parliament, and guest Kristina Farrel...

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Dec 21, 202341:12pending

(More) Death by Cantaloupe, McDonald's Cos-play, Fast Food Crime & Punishment, a...

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Dec 14, 202340:46pending

Bon Cop, Bad Cop28, Inside Canada's Food Price Report '24, guest Alex Green, Chi...

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Dec 7, 202353:07pending

Deadly Balls of Poison, Weight Watchers Got It Wrong, The Death of Irony, Rememb...

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Nov 30, 202347:05pending

The Senate Fiddles while Farmers Burn, China Seafood Slave Plants Hit Home, plas...

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Nov 23, 202339:24pending

Loblaw Gets Small, Metro Goes Big, Beer Retail Gets Frothey & guest Rick Brown,...

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Nov 16, 202346:14pending

Restaurant Reconning & Renaissance, guest Lisa Richardson, EVP & COO of Canterbu...

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Nov 10, 202344:09pending

Beef with the Bank, Farewell to a Poutine Legend, and guest Gordon Bacon, CEO Em...

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Nov 2, 202356:29pending

The Blue Economy, TrickFlation, Canada in a Pickle, and Guest Grocery Legend B.K...

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Oct 26, 202346:48pending

Cannabis 5 Years Later, The Less-Than Mighty Mississippi, Feeding Canadians is a...

The Food Professor

Oct 19, 202355:28pending

The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Dairy Drama & Special Guest Kirstin Beardsley, C...

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Oct 12, 202350:58pending

Manitoba's Opportunity, Canadians Shift Their Grocery Habits (again), and Specia...

The Food Professor

Oct 5, 202353:41pending

Ottawa Cost of Living Summit: The Sequel, Gotta Be KD Cancelling Restaurant Rese...

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Sep 28, 202351:59pending

Behind the Scenes of the Ottawa Grocery Meetings, Ag Trade with India, and The F...

The Food Professor

Sep 21, 202345:19pending