The question occurs as Galen G. Weston the Younger (G2) ascends to the chairman’s chair at George Weston Ltd., taking the reins from his father , W. Galen Weston (G1). The younger Galen Weston, now 43, represents generation four at the company that dates its roots back to its bread baking beginnings in Toronto circa 1882, and stands today as parent company to Weston Foods (baked goods) and Loblaw Cos. Ltd . “It was me who said, this is the guy who should run the company,” Leighton told me in an interview in 2007. Complaining of feeling squeezed, Loblaw told suppliers last summer that it would be marking a 1.45-per-cent deduction on all shipments as of this month. It’s time for the grocery store of the future, and one can hope that Galen G. Weston is the man to take it there.

Source: thestar September 16, 2016 23:03 UTC