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The latest in COVID-19 developments: Canada reports first AstraZeneca-linked blood clot case, U.S. calls for pause on J&J vaccine and more
A Quebec woman is the first in Canada to develop a blood clot after being vaccinated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The province said the patient, whose age was not revealed, is recovering at home, and had received the vaccine produced at the Serum Institute of India, known as Covishield.
W Galen Weston, the patriarch of one of Canadaâs wealthiest families and a retail titan, has died aged 80.
Weston was the third generation of his family to lead George Weston Limited, an already-prosperous retail empire founded by his grandfather, which he expanded significantly.
The company, now run by his son, Galen Weston, controls Primark and Selfridges in the UK, as well as the Canadian grocery chain Loblaws, the pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart and the real estate company Choice Properties. The empire also includes the luxury store Fortnum & Mason, along with food brands including Twinings teas, Kingsmill Bakery and Dorset Cereals.
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W.G. Galen Weston, the Canadian billionaire who built his family’s bakery and grocery business into a global retail empire, died on Monday after a long illness. He was 80.
His contemporaries describe Weston as one of the most formidable and visionary leaders in Canadian business, a man of style and substance who turned Loblaw supermarkets into the biggest player in the country’s food chain.
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He was a philanthropist, a handsome and elegant dresser, a solid polo player into his middle age, a friend to the British Royal Family and reportedly the subject of a thwarted kidnapping plot by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the 1980s. But those who knew him said he was a man most interested in other people, who preferred to spend his leisure time wandering the well-stocked aisles of Loblaws
Sainsburyâs expands rapid grocery delivery trials with Deliveroo and Uber Eats
UK: Tesco reports £2bln profit after exceptionally strong sales
Tesco, Britain s biggest retailer, beat its guidance by reporting total adjusted retail operating profit of £1.99bln (â¬2.29bln) after seeing exceptionally strong sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The retailer reported a 6.3% rise in group like-for-like sales, including a 7.7% lift in its core British market. UK online surged 77% to £6.3bln as it doubled capacity to 1.5mln slots a week. Operating profit, however, fell 14.7% as the company incurred costs in adapting to the pandemic.
UK: Sainsburyâs expands rapid delivery tie-ups
Sainsburyâs has expanded its rapid grocery delivery trials with Deliveroo and Uber Eats to hundreds of stores. Under a new two-year contract with Deliveroo, around 100 stores across the UK will now offer the service. It means 30% of people in Deliveroo zones can access more than 1,0