Media Advisory and Photo Opportunity - This weekend, Canada's own Tosca Reno will greet fans at Loblaws® at Maple Leaf Gardens*

TORONTO, Jan. 25, 2012 /CNW/ - (TSX: L) - Motivational speaker, nutritional therapy practitioner and New York Times bestselling author, Tosca Reno, will be at the Loblaws^® at Maple Leaf Gardens on Saturday, January 28 to offer insight into how she was able to turn her life around, reinvent herself at age 40 and explain how you can too.

The Eat-Clean Diet^® Cookbook 2 contains 150 brand-new great-tasting recipes that support healthier life choices and introduces readers to a world of simple-to-make, healthy recipes that go far beyond your everyday salad. Guests can also tantalize their taste buds with samples of some of Tosca's delicious recipes.

In addition to the great products and services offered by Loblaw Companies to help Canadians make healthier choices, Néma McGlynn, the Loblaws^® at Maple Leaf Gardens onsite registered dietiitian, will be available to speak with the audience about making healthier food choices while shopping.

Event Details:
What: Talk & Book Signing with Tosca Reno, author of the EatClean Diet^® series
When: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. start
Where: Loblaws^® at Maple Leaf Gardens
(Discussion in the Canteen Area located on the main floor, followed by a book signing in the President's Choice^® Cooking School on the second level

Please note that Tosca is available for interviews January 27 and following the book signing at 1:00 p.m. on January 28

Media are requested to R.S.V.P to [email protected]  no later than 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 27 to attend this event.

About Tosca
At age 40, author Tosca Reno found herself miserable, overweight, stuck in an unhappy marriage, and living an unfulfilled life. She was able to turn her life around and is now a successful author, motivational speaker, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, wellness consultant, media personality and model. Tosca has penned eleven books, including the incredibly successful Eat-Clean Diet® series, has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs and now travels across North America appearing at book signings and seminars to deliver her message of health, wellness and inspiration.

Tosca Reno was born in Lachine, Quebec. She graduated with a B.Sc. from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and a B.Ed. from York University in Toronto, Ontario. Tosca lives in Caledon, Ontario with her husband Robert Kennedy and their children.

About Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw Companies Limited, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, is Canada's largest food retailer and a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services. Loblaw is one of the largest private sector employers in Canada. With more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast, Loblaw and its franchisees employ more than 136,000 full-time and part-time employees. Through its portfolio of store formats, Loblaw is committed to providing Canadians with a wide, growing and successful range of products and services to meet the everyday household demands of Canadian consumers. Loblaw is known for the quality, innovation and value of its food offering. It offers Canada's strongest control (private) label program, including the unique President's Choice®, no name® and Joe Fresh® brands. In addition, the Company makes available to consumers President's Choice Financial® services and offers the PC® points loyalty program.

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