MONTREAL — The name Laurier Gordon Ramsay is no more, with news that ties have been severed between the iconic Montreal restaurant and the celebrity chef that collaborated with the owners to reinvigorate the barbecue eatery.

According to the Toronto Star, the restaurant is being rebranded Laurier 1936 as a tribute to the year it was founded.

SWEDEN — Mackmyra Svensk Whisky continues its international push in North America, partnering with the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), which now stocks the first-edition Swedish malt whisky at select Signature outlets in Montreal and Quebec City.

Jonathan Luks, Mackmyra’s country manager, Canada, is excited about the new sales opportunity. "[We’ve been met with great interest] during our visits to Canada, so it’s very inspiring that a large and professional buyer as the SAQ has chosen our whisky for the Signature outlets". He says Mackmyra’s expansion in to Canada is a priority, “We hope we can offer Mackmyra whisky to more provinces during this year.”

MONTREAL — Old Montreal, Que.’s Le Happening Gourmand festival is set to begin next week.

Restaurant Week, as it’s also known, began in 2008 and kept in line with similar promotions in New York City and Toronto.

LAVAL, Que. — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has announced plans to grow its foodservice sales to increase its fresh-food margin and has hired Joseph Chiovera, formerly the senior fresh-foods executive at the Dallas-based 7-Eleven, to lead its foodservice division.

And, yesterday, Nov.23, the company announced its second quarter results, which amount to net earnings of $113.5 million, up $5.3 million from the comparable period of the previous fiscal year; revenue increased to $5.2 billion, up $1 billion.