{"podcast":{"title":"The Food Professor","slug":"the-food-professor-1242175","podcast_index_feed_id":1242175,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Hox9Oi2V","website_url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7052712a-5e8d-4859-ad44-dbe25616454f/ae8c6be8-872f-457e-8237-2cc070842511/3000x3000/food-20professor-20concepts-20final-20copy-20high-20res.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Michael LeBlanc","episode_count":267,"summary":"Join Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax with host Michael LeBlanc as they look at the hot issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries. We'll discuss proprietary industry and consumer food related research, check out fresh new ideas and talk about half baked strategies. © 2020-2026 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:20:35.449097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175"},"episode":{"title":"Dunkin' Returns, Dairy Dumping No More, Climate Change Recalibration, and guest Kim Furlong, CEO, Retail Council of Canada","slug":"dunkin-returns-dairy-dumping-no-more-climate-change-recalibration-and-guest-kim-furlong-ceo-retail-council-of-canada","published_at":"2026-05-14T10:12:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/dunkin-returns-dairy-dumping-no-more-climate-change-recalibration-and-guest-kim-furlong-ceo-retail-council-of-canada","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175","url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/episodes/kim-furlong-ceo-retail-council-of-canada-EW0bixzk","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/34a41864-7f8f-466e-bd73-c7c06de4d535/4ffff844-94ca-4fef-a148-428c21b081f6/episodes/audio/group/2d976816-20be-4f5a-8cbf-e6278ec7fcc1/group-item/c7c09226-a721-48f1-92b1-9c93fa57b85b/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Hox9Oi2V","summary":"On this episode, Michael LeBlanc and Sylvain Charlebois tackle the biggest food and agriculture stories shaping Canada—from Dunkin'’s return and dairy supply decisions in Ontario to climate policy influenced by new research, potential carbon tax pauses in Alberta, and the Bank of Canada’s POV on some causes of food inflation brought on by Canada’s tariff policies. Then, in a wide-ranging conversation, Kim Furlong, CEO of the Retail Council of Canada, explains why Canadians misunderstand grocery pricing, what retailers are really facing, and how AI, regulation, and North American geopolitics and trade issues are reshaping the future of food retail in Canada.","meta_description":"On this episode, Michael LeBlanc and Sylvain Charlebois tackle the biggest food and agriculture stories shaping Canada—from Dunkin'’s return and dairy sup…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3601,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-professor-1242175/episodes/dunkin-returns-dairy-dumping-no-more-climate-change-recalibration-and-guest-kim-furlong-ceo-retail-council-of-canada/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/dunkin-returns-dairy-dumping-no-more-climate-change-recalibration-and-guest-kim-furlong-ceo-retail-council-of-canada.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}