Get ready for The Feed podcast, Powered by Loblaw!  We conceived of The Feed as an opportunity to showcase thought leaders, taste makers, innovative food and health brands, and, yes, a few key Loblaw executives who are making a difference in the grocery and health industries, together helping Canadians Live Life Well!

The Feed powered by Loblaw is produced and hosted by Michael LeBlanc, and in our first season, we'll take a snapshot of business and industry thought leaders in Canada, meet innovative food brands, and hear their real, inspiring stories of innovation and perseverance.  We'll meet a Loblaw retail executive who is both new to the country and new to the Canadian retail scene, learning firsthand about her impressions of our market, how she is navigating the big-picture retail trends and disruptive forces around us, and how she is helping shape the future of Canada's largest retailer.

So be sure to follow us on your favourite podcast platform or watch and listen to our episodes on our new YouTube channel, The Feed Powered by Loblaw, launching soon!

About Your Host, Michael LeBlanc

Michael is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur.  He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. 

Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently in Toronto, Austin, Texas & Savannah, Georgia.  He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice. 

Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award winning, top independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced Apple podcast management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.   

Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fifth year in a row, the National Retail Federation has named him one of their top 50 Retail Voices for 2025 and 2026, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer.   

If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael’s cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.