Food Waste & Rescue: Canada’s Empire/Sobeys says it beat its food-loss and waste goal, cutting 50.3% vs a 2016 baseline and donating 40.6M pounds of food in fiscal 2026, including 100M+ meals via Second Harvest. Grocery Delivery Expansion: Pattison Food Group’s Save-On-Foods and other banners in Western Canada are now available on DoorDash, with rewards-linked pricing and points. Retail & Tech Partnerships: Highline Commerce expanded in New York’s Industry City and is using humanoid robots to handle up to 30% of fulfillment steps for retail brands. Food Security Funding: Maine awarded $500K for shared-use greenhouses to boost local production and agricultural education. Food Access Logistics: Canada’s Kootenay Farms Food Hub is backing “Move the Harvest” to move up to 5,000 pounds of excess Creston produce to food access groups. Food Safety & Compliance: India’s FDA inspected Bombay High Court canteens; two were ordered to stop for missing FSSAI licenses. Public Health Policy: Kenya pledged stronger enforcement against industrial trans fats after stakeholder talks. Consumer Trends: A report finds sales of foods using natural colors rose in 2025 while artificial-color items barely grew. Brand Promotions: Avocados From Peru is teaming with Chipotle for a two-day National Avocado Day promotion. SNAP Impact: Maryland says 40,400 people lost SNAP benefits under new work/immigration rules. Agriculture R&D: Bulgaria and Meiji are pushing to complete a joint dairy research lab by year-end. Local Food Production Grants: Perlis (Malaysia) distributed RM510,500 in grants to agro-food entrepreneurs for packaging, marketing, and agro-tourism.