The document summarizes key highlights from the Grocery Innovations Canada Conference & Trade Show, including new products seen at the event. Some of the new products and brands mentioned include Inedit innovative beer crafted by Chef Ferran Adrià, Mesh tea sticks, QuickStrip oral dissolving drug strips including CBD and THC options, Heinz launching more serious entrees, Epic Provisions protein meat and bars, and Fentimans botanically brewed sodas. The document encourages contacting the author to discuss opportunities for product revitalization or new launches.

1. GROCERY
INNOVATIONS
CANADA
CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW SPOTLIGHT
OCTOBER 23-24, 2018
PREPARED BY EDWARD RAJEWSKI
RETAIL & BRAND STRATEGY

2. This past month
Toronto celebrated
2 Days of Inspiration
at the Grocery
Innovations Canada
Conference & Trade
Show.
It’s a pure business to business affair
for retailers, hosted by the Canadian
Federation of Independent Retailers.
We were privileged to attend as
representatives of the support
mechanism that progresses the cause
for customer engagement.

3. Here is an
encapsulation of
some of the best
of what we saw.
With a selection of exciting new and
original products, solid package design,
progressive relationships and in
particular, what’s trending.

4. MILK Taking on a new
package format
in Canada

5. INEDIT
Inedit, meaning “never been done
before”, is the innovative mix of
lager and wheat beer styles and is
crafted by world-renowned Chef
Ferran Adrià.
LOVELY DESIGN

6. MESH tea sticks
• Black Tea
• Early Grey Tea
• Rooibos Vanilla Tea
• Thyme Tea
• Peppermint Tea
• Rosehip Tea
• Green Tea
• Wild Berry Tea
TEA

7. FRUIT & BIRCH WATER

8. QuickStrip™ is a proprietary oral
fast-dissolving drug delivery system.
• Rapid Energy
• Vitamin B12
• Melatonin
Coming Soon - CBD & THC
QUICKSTRIP

9. HEINZ GETS SERIOUS

10. SMART BRANDING

11. KOMBUCHA
RENAISSANCEClaims to be high in antioxidants and probiotics.
Kombucha is produced by fermenting
tea using a symbiotic culture of
bacteria and yeast (SCOBY).

12. TIC TAC
GETS
INTO
GUM
BIGTIME.
Also launched
a NEW Pina
Colada mixer

13. SALMON
JERKY

14. LOCAL
PRODUCT
ST. LAWRENCE
MARKET, TORONTO
3 SKUs
• Beef
• Chicken
• Vegetable

15. EPIC
PROVISIONSProtein Meat & Performance Bars

16. FAMILY PRIDE
Located in Hartland, New Brunswick
“Potato Chips Made by Potato Farmers”

17. CRAFT
BREW
Genuine craft beer taste!

18. CASUS
GRILL
100% Biodegradable
Ready to grill in 5 minutes.
• Lava Stone
• Bamboo
• Charcoal
• Cardboard

19. EAT
TO
LIFE
HIGH PROTEIN
HIGH FIBRE
Think/Eat differently.

20. INTERNATIONAL
CHARCUTERIE

21. Kensington Market is a very eclectic and historic part of the
Toronto culturescape.
C.B. Powell, who represent “local” Canadian brands, among
them, the Kensington Market brand, were able to capture
the essence of the neighbourhood and products and bring
them to life.
LOCAL
PRODUCT
KENSINGTON MARKET
BRAND, TORONTO

22. BURNBRAE FARMS
EGG Bakes - Crustless Quiche

23. GayLea Launches
NORDICA SMOOTH

24. FLOW HYDRATION
Alkaline Spring Water

25. FENTIMANSBotanically Brewed Craft Sodas

26. STATION COLD BREW
Dedicated to fuelling your lifestyle

27. LET’S TALK!
If by chance your brand is looking for a revitalization, or you’re thinking of launching a new
product line, come see us. We have solid credentials and a heritage that goes way back to
the days of Sam Walton, Dave Nichol and the launch of the first legitimate private brands in
Canada and the U.S.
Reach out to Michael or Edward for a meeting when the earliest opportunity presents itself.
Edward Rajewski
Retail & Brand Strategy
edward.rajewski@stjoseph.com
M 416 618 6274
Michael Jenkins
Director, Business Development
michael.jenkins@stjoseph.com
T 416 248 4868 X 2501
M 416 624 3274