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Each Friday we’ll bring you a roundup of news from CFIN, YODL and around the food world.  

As seen on YODL 

Check out this week’s most viewed discussions: 

• Today Canada's ban of some single use plastics takes effect - how does it impact your business? | Open Forum (cfin-rcia.ca) 
• Research on value-added biotechnology from grain byproducts | Open Forum (cfin-rcia.ca) 
• What to Know - Legal issues in co-packing and co-manufacturing | Open Forum (cfin-rcia.ca)  

Around the Food World 

• The Institute of Cellular Agriculture is now under development at the University of Alberta. 
• Israel’s Celleste Bio is creating lab-grown cocoa ingredients using plant cell culture methods. 
• Mushrooms are making headlines in food research. 

Did you Know? 

The Food Industry Association’s 2022 The Food Retailing Industry Speaks report shows that consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable with technology at the grocery store. The research shows that: 

• 91% of food retailers now sell groceries online. 
• 79% offer curbside pick-up of online orders. 
• 55% offer home delivery of online orders. 
• 96% of stores offer self-checkout lanes. 
• 29% of transactions at food retailers were at self-checkout kiosks in 2020, compared to 23% in 2019. 
• 52% of grocery stores offer scan-and-go technology. 
• 15% of grocers use in-store technology such as robotics and AI. 
• 44% of stores use or plan to use electronic shelf labels and tags.