{"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":"Food Inflation Nation, AI Goes Grocery, Cocoa Crash & Coffee Correction   & The Abomination That Is Boneless Chicken Wings","slug":"food-inflation-nation-ai-goes-grocery-cocoa-crash-coffee-correction-the-abomination-that-is-boneless-chicken-wings","published_at":"2026-02-19T09:01:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/food-inflation-nation-ai-goes-grocery-cocoa-crash-coffee-correction-the-abomination-that-is-boneless-chicken-wings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175","url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/episodes/dont-let-the-sun-go-down-qjsOBa3V","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/4ffff844-94ca-4fef-a148-428c21b081f6/episodes/c22b636a-2edb-4343-94ba-74ffba653535/audio/25799c2a-b0d9-4827-808b-f079f08760d5/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Hox9Oi2V","summary":"Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois unpack Canada’s soaring food inflation, structural supply chain issues, and the political forces shaping grocery prices. They explore Coca-Cola’s Ontario expansion, Canada-Mexico trade opportunities, Loblaw’s OpenAI partnership, and falling cocoa and coffee prices. With restaurant profitability under pressure and AI reshaping food retail, this episode delivers sharp, data-driven insight into the economic and technological shifts redefining Canada’s food landscape.","meta_description":"Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois unpack Canada’s soaring food inflation, structural supply chain issues, and the political forces shaping grocer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2230,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-professor-1242175/episodes/food-inflation-nation-ai-goes-grocery-cocoa-crash-coffee-correction-the-abomination-that-is-boneless-chicken-wings/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/food-inflation-nation-ai-goes-grocery-cocoa-crash-coffee-correction-the-abomination-that-is-boneless-chicken-wings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}