This Week on YODL: Week of July 15

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Happy Friday YODLers!

One of the benefits of becoming a CFIN member is that you get access to YODL. In addition to daily original content, YODL helps CFIN Members find new partners, resources, and funding opportunities to grow their food business.

Here are some highlights from this week on YODL!

Top Posts

Some themes of interest included:

  1. 50 Food & Beverage Programs – Centennial College: The Baking and Pastry Arts Management program at Centennial College is designed for those who dream of turning their passion for baking into a thriving career. The program combines the fundamental skills of baking and pastry arts with essential management capabilities, focusing on aspects like menu design, purchasing, planning, and execution.

  1. 50 Food & Beverage Programs – University of Saskatchewan: The University of Saskatchewan's Food Science program is at the forefront of academic and research excellence in the fields of food and bioproduct sciences. This two-year M.Sc. program is ideal for graduate students with a passion for applying scientific principles to the study of food and the development of food technology, with a focus on value-added crop utilization, food safety, quality assurance, and bioproduct development.

  1. Mintel Report on Global CPG Innovation – This YODL post shares a new report exploring why global CPG innovation hit an all-time low in 2024, especially in the food and beverage categories, and what can be done about it.

If you missed this week's articles, don't fret – you can catch up on them here!

We also looked at some awesome opportunities and events that may benefit your food and beverage business. You can find the full list here.

Contributors

YODL is home to the likes of food and beverage processors, distributors, retailers, funders, innovators, regulators, and researchers from across Canada. We'd like to welcome these new members to YODL this week:

Get Involved

Perhaps you want to engage with some insightful discussions from fellow members? Don't see a topic that's been on your mind? Start a discussion of your own here and prepare to be amazed at how great it is to be a YODL member!

Looking Ahead

Next week, we will explore another Food & Beverage Program along with the latest edition of #AskLavina. We look forward to making more connections and telling more stories.

That's it for us this week – we'll see you again on Monday!