Agree with #9. And #1 (unless that's industry speak). Throwing a parade any time someone does something in this country isn't doing the standards or reputation of our media, at home and abroad, any favours.

To No. 8: Why should EVERY magazine launch or expansion be "celebrated"? I'm not picking on this magazine, but many magazines aren't very good. They pander to advertisers, they contain little to no insight, the writing is crap, the layout dreary and I'm sure in cases of the worst magazines the publisher's expense account to take out clients is a lot higher than the entire art budget. Can't we be honest: some magazines would contribute more to the planet if they'd been left in the forest as trees.

Holy smokes! Are some people going to get coal in their stocking from Santa! Lighten up folks. This is not a consumer publication, but B2B. Having been on both sides, there is a huge difference. The points here are to be saluted. Circulation is almost tripled, and they've gone bilingual, now fully serving the Canadian industry. That's to be applauded. Let's cut the catty comments and salute some people who are trying to move forward in a hard industry.

Chef & Grocer does business that no one else has the guts to do, The pub is innovative and provides a valuable resource that the industry appreciates

Invest in copy editing AND in retouch. Cover looks like an issue of Almost Zombie Monthly

Too many grocery mags out there. Grocery Business launched in the late summer by ex-Rogers employees with a whimper and now this.

Gee, are they selling their covers?

Ouch. Not impressive. And, sadly, not uncommon. There are a surprising number of Quebec writers, editors and publishers who assume they're perfectly bilingual (or who simply don't want to pay for both French and English copy editors and proofreaders). If you're going to do a bilingual magazine, a huge undertaking that can be respected when done well, do it right.

They are just giving us back all of the letter S that the Quebec Govenment took away from English Quebecers in th 80s & 90s. Eaton's became Eaton, Simpson's became Simpson, Ogilvy's became Ogilvy thanks to the language police. Now if the Bank of Montreal were to move its head office back to Montreal, we would be even.

"Packagings"?