CIGBA/DCI Digital Newsletter Volume 8 Issue 4 | |
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Welcome to CIGBA / DCI Fall Newsletter!
With the leaves changing and harvests in full swing, we have plenty of exciting news and updates to share with you.
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MESSAGE FROM BARRY LANTEIGNE, DCI PRESIDENT | |
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Hello Matthew,
The Board of Directors and myself would like to thank our CIGBA/DCI Members, Supplier Partners, and Industry Partners for your ongoing and continued support. With heading into the last quarter of the year we are thankful for all the ongoing and continued support of our members and partners.
The past few months have been very busy for our team, as Matthew Brown has moved on to a new and exciting opportunity with CFIG and would like to welcome Marina Zaitseva for the Manager-Events, Communication and Technologies position. I want to thank Matthew for all his years of service and efforts as he was a huge asset to our team at DCI, we wish him nothing but the best moving forward.
Focus this last quarter has been onboarding/training Marina, New Member Prospecting, New Vendor Opportunities, Member Business Reviews, and confirming venue dates and locations for next years events!
Please save these important dates:
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Tuesday June 3, 2024, Annual Business Summit, Pearson Convention Center, and
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Wednesday June 4th, Annual Charity Golf Classic, at Royal Woodbine Golf Club.
We hope to see you there!
The team is looking forward to GIC at the end of October. Did you know that the majority of our connections for members and partners are made through events such as GIC! This event gives retailers and partners the ability to get together in person to discuss future business opportunities. Members be sure to register and attend this Industry Leading event, email reminders are being sent weekly to register. If you need more information, please feel free to contact our office and we can provide you more details. For those attending Grocery Innovation Canada October 29-30, please stop by booth 1543 and say hello to the team.
Looking ahead for the remainder of the year we will be connecting with Members to continue business reviews, reviews, review and update current supplier agreements, onboarding of new Members and Partners and working on Marketing Material for 2025 Events.
As always, I am here to support our Members and Supplier Partners.
Please reach out to me as required and I will be more than happy to help you in any way possible! I can be reached at
905-681-3933 or barry@distributioncanada.ca
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Planning to Attend the Grocery Innovation Canada 2024?
Don't miss DCI Booth 1543
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CIGBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
representing our Membership coast to coast
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*Executive Board member/ DCI Board Director
*Executive Board member/ DCI Board Director
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Members & Partners, if you know of a store that could benefit from being a part of our group, please don't hesitate to reach out to the CIGBA/DCI office! | |
A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS: | |
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Les Escomptes St Jean Inc
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G-CONOMISE SHERBROOKE INC
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9491-0695 QUEBEC INC
O/A LIQUIPICERIE INC
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G-CONOMISE
ST-EDOUARD INC
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Fresh Market Foods
Sioux Lookout, ON
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Have you caught the excitement around triangle-cut sandwiches? Discover why Canadian families are choosing tringle-cut shape for breakfast! Visit the official website to learn new recipes. Let's celebrate the delight of triangle-cut sandwiches! | |
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On behalf of The Grocery Foundation, we thank CIGBA/DCI members for their contributions and efforts in participating in the 2024 Toonies for Tummies campaign.
This year $39,331 was raised in DCI member stores, which is presently helping to provide nearly 20,000 healthy meals in the areas surrounding these stores. Join The Grocery Foundation Program Make Happy Tummies 2025 campaign and make a difference.
100% of all donations made by shoppers in-store benefit local student nutrition programs.
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A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST SUPPLIER PARTNERS: | |
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Avante Dispays stand out as a beacon of innovation. This dynamic company is transforming the landscape of retail media marketing, helping stores unlock new revenue streams and drive impressive sales growth.
At the heart of Avante's success is their groundbreaking product, Shelf-o-Bot. This innovative solution promises store owners a guaranteed increase in sales
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Berry Global is one of the world's leaders in food packaging and overwrap films Our products provide extended food protection, package decoration and circular economy solutions. The company provides design and technical expertise for all your certified food packaging and film requirements to ensure fresh product while helping minimize food waste. | |
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Compliance Works is a one-stop knowledge platform for learning, managing, and communicating HR compliance information. Compliance Works gives you clarity on Canadian HR laws so you can do your own legal research with a verified, one-stop source. Fast-track your research & reduce legal costs. | |
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Ideal by Design House Inc has revolutionized the digital circular industry.
Building the most advanced customer experience, connected to an intelligent distribution system targeting your customers and your competitors customers.
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At DJ Hotdogs, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality hotdogs made from 100% Canadian pure beef, pork, and chicken. Our hotdogs are free from fillers, gluten, and preservatives, making them a healthier choice for your lifestyle. With a low-carb profile and packed with protein, DJ Hotdogs are not only delicious but also nutritious. | |
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LAKE OF BAYS BREWING COMPANY | We pride ourselves in what we love, and what we love is beer. We offer alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers. Our beers are distinguished by balanced flavor, outstanding quality and a strong focus on product consistency. We use only natural ingredients to make our beer and stand proudly behind every part of our production process. | |
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Salient delivers a flexible solution that evolves with your priorities. Their analytical templates cater to key business areas, offering ad-hoc analysis, automated insights, and exception alerts. Empower your business with data-driven decisions that fuel growth and efficiency. | |
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The Co-operators Group Limited is a leading Canadian insurance and financial services co-operative deeply invested in helping Canadians build and grow their financial strength and security. They provide financial solutions and security through multi-line insurance, wealth management products, institutional asset management and brokerage operations. | |
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TROUW NUTRITION CANADA INC | Trouw Nutrition Canada Inc has been crafting premium pet food at its St. Marys, Ontario facility since 1984. NutriChoice® products help keep your cat and dog healthy at an affordable price without sacrificing quality nutrition. They offer a wide variety of products for cats and dogs including dry kibble, wet foods, treats, biscuits and cat litter. | |
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SHORT ON TIME? VISIT DCI SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES | |
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Only have a couple of minutes? Check out the DCI Social media pages on Facebook, X and LinkedIn. Major public announcements are always posted on our social media and you can often find other industry bits of information shared on our pages.
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DCI MEMBER PORTAL PROVIDES THE LATEST UPDATES | |
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By logging into the portal, you will get access to your company's rebate reports. As well, any important announcements regarding changes in agreements will also be posted internally on the portal.
What else does the portal provide?
- new supplier partner agreements
- new programs and promotions
- revised supplier partner agreements and rebate scales
- your member reports
- the DCI by-laws
- the CIGBA by-laws
- summary of volume rebates
- AGM information
- education and resources
If you don't have login credentials to access the Member Portal, click here to email Michele at DCI.
Once you've checked the portal for information and still don't see what you are looking for, please email or call the DCI office with your inquiry.
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CELEBRATE SUMMER WITH CANADA'S FAVOURITES PROMO WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED | |
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Thank you to our sponsors, Maple Leaf and Wonderbrands for the fun time and the Celebrate Summer with Canada’s Favorites Contest!
With promoting cross merchandising, continuous use of curated admats and weekly promotions, these stores awarded top prizes!
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Lococo's Branfrofd
Lococo's Nebo Rd
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BACK TO SCHOOL WITH LACTALIS CANADA | |
A special thank you to Lactalis Canada for supporting DCI members and for providing a wonderful opportunity to wrap up the summer with the Back to School contest. While many participated in the tight competition, one member emerged victorious. Congratulations to all participants, and a special shoutout to our finalist, B&H Your Community Grocer! | |
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INDUSTRY UPDATES:
All major grocery retailers have agreed to adopt an industry-developed code of conduct. An economist notes that while the code benefits the supply chain, it is unlikely to significantly affect prices. [ Source: CBC.ca ] July 2024
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DCI MEMBER NEWS:
Did you know that in 1929 FoodFare Lilac location was originally one of the FIRST five Safeway stores opened in Manitoba?
Grocery stores were typically 1,000 square feet, and customers bought only several days’ worth of food at a time because quick-melting ice blocks were the standard source of home refrigeration. Customers would provide a grocery list to clerks behind the counter. The clerks would select the items and bag them. The cashier would then ring up the items and give the customer a carbon-copy bill.
This Lilac Safeway ended up being the very first Grocery store Moe Zeid purchased. Named Payfair at the time, The name eventually got changed to FoodFare in 1986. [Source Food Fare FB] September 2024
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NEW ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPLIER PARTNERS | |
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Looking to better connect with Independents in the highly competitive digital space?
We've tailored a brand new advertisement and marketing package available for our Supplier Partners to utilize!
Now, with the help of DCI, Supplier Partners can send:
- Tailored non-competitive e-blasts direct to Member's mailboxes
- Newsletter advertisement with reduced rates for year long bookings
- Website advertisement on both DCI and CIGBA pages
- Digital real estate space within the Member Portal (available for 12 months)
- Social media posts across three platforms
If interested, email marina@distributioncanada.ca to get started or to inquire!
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SAVE THE DATE - CIGBA/DCI 2025 NETWORKING EVENTS | |
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CIGBA/DCI BUSINESS SUMMIT
JUNE 3rd, 2025
PEARSON CONVENTION CENTRE
Returning with the industry famous DCI Business Exchange, the Summit brings our Members into one place, ready to discuss and do business!
This is THE event to attend to connect with our DCI Independents and our Members are eagerly excited to see what new business opportunities await for them. As well, the Business Summit is also host to the CIGBA/DCI Star Awards - which commences during the Gala Dinner and recognizes the individuals and companies who are bettering our industry!
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CIGBA/CFIG CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC
JUNE 4th, 2025, ROYAL WOODBINE GOLF CLUB
Our annual golf classic is returning to Royal Woodbine Golf Club!
This event brings out Members, Partners, Wholesalers, Media and other industry colleagues to network, enjoy a good day of golfing and win some fantastic prizes!
Our Charity of Choice for 2025 will be announced shortly!
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PARTNERS OF THE MONTH PROGRAM WITH DCI | |
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WHAT MEMBERS NEED TO KNOW:
Check your inbox every 1st of the month to see the new Partners highlighted for the month. They can be Partners with Power Buys and deals or Service Partners who want to highlight all that they have to offer. If you can't find the email, you can always login to the Member Portal and access the deals under "What's New". Click here to access the Member Portal.
WHAT PARTNERS NEED TO KNOW:
Looking to get in the mailbox of the Independents? Let DCI help you with any seasonal programs, new item or product launches, and quick sells. Our "Partners of the Month" program highlights up to 5-10 different Supplier Partners each month, and provides DCI members with monthly deals and incentives (if applicable), or a highlight of your services, if you're a service provider. This program is great for an increase in exposure (as a Partner) and to capitalize on great product deals or new service opportunities (as a Member). For more details and eligibility, please contact the DCI office.
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All DCI Supplier Partner Vendors now have access to their Vendor page! By logging into the portal, you will get access to the most current Membership List, and Purchase Input of Sales Form. Once logged in you will now be in control in seeing the current agreement, sell sheets, pricing lists and company brochures that is currently Member-facing on your company page!
Take the time to review your CTA (Cooperative Trade Agreement), whether your sales and product sell sheets are relevant, and review pricing lists. If you notice your Vendor page being pretty bare, connect with us so we can upload documents for you and make your page more enticing for Members to view and connect with reps!
Connect with us to get your page up-to-date.
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DCI COMMUNICATIONS AND EMAIL CAMPAIGNS | |
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Breaking news, industry announcements, new agreements, Partners of the Month, and other opportunity buys are always sent out through email. This allows us to target our communication by location, type of store, and relevancy as well as give us detailed reporting on who is opening the announcements, which links they have clicked on and where to allocate our efforts for outreach if members haven't opened up these communications.
By ignoring emails or allowing them to go to your spam/junk folders, you could be missing incredible buying opportunities, programs, or helpful industry tips to better the success of your company.
Please email the DCI Office to see which members of your company currently receive our communications (we segment by multiple lists, so be sure touch base with DCI if you aren't aware as to who is receiving which communications).
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MEMBERS, STAY CONNECTED WITH DCI! | |
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Retailers, are you missing out on our messages? We send out aggressive pricing promotions, power buys, new partner announcements and informational resources dedicated to the success of your business.
Please take the time to review:
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that our emails are going to the correct person at your company
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that our emails aren't getting sorted into your Junk/Spam folder. If that is the case, be sure to whitelist our domain (@distributioncanada.ca) to ensure you are receiving all of our information
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that someone from your company is registered to order products on OrderEase (the DCI Power Buy ordering software)
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that someone from your company is registered and has access and login to the Member's Portal
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that you send in your reports when asked to allocate proper rebates with certain vendors
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that you check your mailboxes every month on the 1st for the Partner of the Month deals and promotions. Make this routine and know that you only have until the 15th to order products with aggressive deals.
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ABM CONNECTOR SERIES: FOOD INDUSTRY, SECURITY & SOVEREIGNTY | |
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DCI Members & Partners,
We are partnered with Advanced Business Match (ABM), a networking company that offers online technology to facilitate business connections.
The DCI Network has been invited to participate in the following event series. These series may help independents explore new avenues with their business:
ABM Connector Series Dates
1) Food Industry, Security and Sovereignty (11-19-24)
2) Food Industry, Security and Sovereignty (02-27-25)
For decision-makers that grow, process, package, brand, retail and buy food.
Whether you are community rep tasked with creating food security, a food producer who wants to get a product on more shelves, a supplier of products and services to the food industry or a grocery retailer, you will find people passionate about independent food production here.
- 9 am to 11 am PT
- up to five 20-minute appointments
- final time commitment depends on the number of confirmed appointments
You are NOT required to attend all of the events. Pick what is of value to maximize your time. You are able to block times when you are not available and only accept or select appointments that are of interest to you.
To learn more, or to get started: connect with Katrin Harry, Managing Partner at ABM, first.
Cell: 604-483-6421
Email: katrin@advancedbusinessmatch.com
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EDUCATION & RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DCI MEMBERS! | |
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SUPPLIER PARTNER? If you are interested in running a promo, submitting material for education and resources or to advertise with DCI and the independent retailers, please email:
marina@distributioncanada.ca
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Happy Fall! DCI Management Team wishes you a joyful season filled with productivity and business growth with a seamless and productive transition into the holiday season!
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out via email!
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If you would like to submit news from your company (Retailers & Supplier Partners) or would like to feature an ad (Supplier Partners) please email admin@distributioncanada.ca |
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