Description: Decorated in the famous blue, Tiffany’s on Fifth Avenue, New York City, has opened a cafe. Now you too can have your breakfast at Tiffany’s, a notion made famous by Audrey Hepburn’s classic 1961 film. Breakfast doesn’t come cheap at $29 a plate. Or you can sit down for afternoon tea at $49 a… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Managerial Accounting
Layoffs at Loblaws
Description: Loblaws has announced that roughly 500 administrative staff will be laid off in a cost-cutting move. Loblaws stated the cost cutting is to help cope with rising costs – perhaps such as an increase in the minimum wage. As well, the company cited increasing competitive forces as another reason they had to give this… Read more »
Waste not, want not
Description: Did that article really say $31 billion? That’s the estimate of the amount of food waste in Canada each year, everything from carrots with two roots to tomatoes that are a bit too ripe. But thankfully, someone is trying to do something about it. Chef Karen Barnaby of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank is… Read more »
Google launches new hardware
Description: The television commercial for the new Google Pixel 2 phone shows a woman taking a bite out of an apple, and indeed, that not so subtle clue shows us some of what Google is up to. By launching a new phone ahead of Apple’s iPhone X, as well as two new digital assistants, the… Read more »
Welcome back to another academic year
Description: Welcome back to another academic year of Wiley’s Weekly Accounting Updates. And if you are at Dalhousie University (or King’s College) in Halifax, you might find your welcome back to campus has been accompanied by the presence of the Halifax police. A police program in force since 2004 sees enhanced patrols around the two… Read more »
Something brewing at Tims
Description: Tim Horton’s franchise holders are upset with Restaurant Brands International (RBI), the famous cost-cutting owners of Tim Hortons and Burger King. The franchisees say cost cutting has gone too far, with stores now seeing inferior quality in such products as coffee pots, cup lids and trays. The Great White North Franchisee Association has been… Read more »
Westjet expands in Quebec
Description: In a move that challenges rival Air Canada, WestJet has announced it is expanding operations in the Province of Quebec. Westjet is adding over 100 new flights to its roster there, hoping to draw both business and leisure travelers through lower fares. Air Canada is expected to fight back, though low fares will be… Read more »
BK expanding Canadian kingdom
Description: 3G Capital Management, the Brazilian firm that purchased Tim Hortons, is now turning its attention to Burger King. 3G has prided itself in seeking improvements in other operations such as Kraft Foods, Tim Hortons and Heinz. Now it is turning its attention to helping Burger King’s performance in Canada catch up with rivals McDonalds,… Read more »
Luxury and privacy
Description: Last week’s news featured the rather shocking jewellery robbery at the private hotel of celebrity Kim Kardashian. In addition to all the usual reality television hype, the theft did throw a spotlight on an ‘unknown’ hotel, L’hôtel de Pourtalè. It’s representative of a growing number of private luxury residences, attracting groups of wealthy travelers… Read more »
Ketchup wars
Description: Ketchup wars: kind of sounds like a college prank gone wrong doesn’t it. Or maybe it’s a food fight down at the cafeteria. But Canada was treated to its own ketchup war this past week when social media came alive in support of French’s ketchup after Loblaw’s announced it was de-listing the product. Patriotic… Read more »
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