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EPISODE · Jul 18, 2026 · 5 MIN

The Food Professor: The end of the calorie economy

from Weekends with Joanne Vrakas · host CJAD 800

The Food Professor joins Joanne to explain why Canada's slowing population growth could reshape the grocery industry. From product selection to pricing and innovation, he breaks down how fewer consumers may change what ends up on store shelves in the years ahead. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, better known as ‘The Food Professor,’ is Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University. He joins Weekends with Joanne Vrakas every Saturday at 7:10 a.m. to discuss everything from fluctuations in grocery prices to food trends.

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