Government Grocers, Mega-Mergers, Cash & Carry Battles, Alberta Whisky and guest Jamie Nelson, President of Pattison Food Group
What does it really take to run one of Canada's largest western grocery enterprises — and what does the future of food retail actually look like from the inside? This week on the Food Professor Podcast, hosts Michael LeBlanc and Professor Sylvain Charlebois sit down with Jamie Nelson, President of Pattison Food Group, for a candid, wide-ranging conversation on grocery economics, consumer behaviour, supply chain complexity, AI adoption, and the evolving Buy Canadian movement.
Nelson joined the grocery business as a retail clerk in Mission, BC in 1979 and never looked back. Today he leads…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.