CFIA Food Recall Warning – Certain Metro Brand Products Recalled due to Salmonella

Metro Ontario Inc. is recalling certain Metro brand products from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products.

Metro Accelerates the Deployment of FoodHero – the Quebec Anti-Waste Application – in Nearly 100 of Its Supermarkets Across the Province

September 3, 2020 METRO Inc

Building on its recent success in five Metro grocery stores since November 2019, Québec-based start-up FoodHero is extending its reach by deploying to nearly 100 Metro stores. FoodHero mobile application will allow Metro customers across Quebec to save money while providing stores an additional way to reduce food waste.

METRO sells MissFresh

December 20, 2019 METRO

METRO announced today that it is selling MissFresh to Cook it, another Montreal-based ready-to-cook meal company, as part of a transaction involving all of MissFresh’s assets.

METRO Starts Fresh With Construction of its $ 400M Ontario Distribution Network Modernization

September 25, 2019 METRO

METRO has officially marked the start of construction to modernize its Ontario distribution network, hosting a groundbreaking ceremony with its Ontario leadership team on the grounds of what will become the new, semi-automated Fresh Distribution Centre at 17 Vickers Road.

Canadian Grocer to Allow Reusable Containers for Seafood

Canadian supermarket chain Metro has announced that it’s embracing the use of reusable containers. Starting on April 22, customers in all Quebec stores will be allowed to bring containers from home to fill with meat, seafood, deli products, and prepared foods.