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HelloFresh has received conditional approval for up to $2.3 million in tax credits and $1.3 million in grants from Canadian federal and provincial programmes for its $19.5 million agri-food processing facility in Calgary. The 50,000-square-foot site will produce chef-curated, ready-to-eat meals under the Factor Meals brand. Construction began in July 2025 and completed this spring. The project is expected to create 400 permanent and 251 temporary jobs. All meat and produce will be sourced from Alberta-based agricultural suppliers. The funding comes through Alberta's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit and the federal Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership programme. As of March 2026, 15 applications have been approved under the tax credit scheme, representing $1.66 billion in new investment in Alberta's agri-processing sector.

E-commerce giant rewards customers - if they delete apps from their phones. Carina Berg, Communications Manager "A destructive relationship we must break". Meal kit company HelloFresh is launching a collaboration with the delivery app Foodora and simultaneously opening a temporary physical store in Stockholm. The purpose is to reduce Swedes' consumption of food delivery and increase the proportion of home-cooked dinners. Between May 25th and 29th, HelloFresh will open the pop-up store TAKE AWAY TAKEAWAY on Hornsgatan in Stockholm. Simultaneously with the physical store, a temporary "ghost kitchen" will be launched in the Foodora app. There, customers will be given the opportunity to order dinner kits containing fresh ingredients and recipes for home delivery. At the physical store in Södermalm, the company is also introducing an incentive to get consumers to change their habits. Customers who can show on-site that they have deleted a food delivery app from their phone will receive a free dinner kit for two people. This offer is limited to the first 30 visitors per day. It is not specified whether the Foodora app is included. Data shows widespread dissatisfaction. The initiative is based on a survey from YouGov, conducted on behalf of HelloFresh, which mapped Swedes' habits regarding food delivery. The data compilation shows that an average family with young children spends SEK 10,308 annually on food delivery. The same figure for the national average is SEK 6,260. The survey also indicates recurring dissatisfaction among consumers. One in five who have ordered food delivery have regretted it several times afterwards. Among families with younger children, as many as 65 percent also state that they have regretted an order at some point. "We are in a food delivery epidemic" HelloFresh believes that the frequent use of food delivery negatively affects consumers both financially and in terms of time. Carina Berg, Communications Manager at HelloFresh in Sweden, comments on the investment: This is the first time Ehandel is opening a physical location where customers can get food on the spot, and Ehandel is doing it for an important reason. Ehandel is in a food delivery epidemic. Studies from the Public Health Agency of Sweden show that Swedish eating habits continue to develop in the wrong direction and deteriorate. Ehandel know that food delivery apps are often the first thing you open when hunger strikes and energy is at its lowest. Therefore, in the campaign, Ehandel has gone just there, to offer a rescue in the form of a real meal and help people end their destructive relationship with food delivery. Food delivery has become like a destructive relationship. Ehandel try to solve the everyday puzzle through the apps, but time and time again Ehandel is disappointed and feel cheated of both time and money. It's time to leave food delivery and rediscover dinners that matter. Through this initiative, Ehandel hope to give Swedes a nudge in another direction. Because nothing beats home cooking. Editorial Staff

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