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Business Operations
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Eat Beyond, supporter of innovation in plant-based & alternative foods, appoints new Chair
Eat Beyond Global Holdings, an investment issuer focused on innovation in the global plant-based and alternative food sector, is pleased to announce that Don Robinson, who previously joined the Company to serve on the board of directors, and previously served…
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Endress+Hauser sets up ‘virtual trade booth’ which companies can visit when convenient
Instrument-sensor manufacturer Endress+Hauser Canada notes that since the onset of Covid-19, there have been few opportunities for business people to meet face-to-face and conferences have gone online. However, rather than running a booth at a virtual conference over a few…
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Food and beverage export a huge opportunity for Canadian companies
One of Canada’s greatest opportunities for growth in global trade is in the food and beverage processing industry, according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) latest trade report. “World population growth, higher purchasing power in emerging markets and new trade agreements…
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Berlin Packaging acquires Consolidated Bottle – significant expansion in Canada
Berlin Packaging, the world’s largest hybrid packaging supplier has acquired Consolidated Bottle Corporation, a leading packaging supplier in Canada. The transaction significantly expands Berlin Packaging’s footprint in Canada, enabling the combined businesses to offer even more packaging solutions and value-added…
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Beyond Meat and McDonald’s break up – an analysis
“Beyond Meat is learning the hard way that its “better than beef” rhetoric makes the company a liability. And McDonald’s made that crystal-clear last week.” This is the opinion of Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor and Senior Director at the AGRI-FOOD ANALYTICS…
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Telus moves in farming and food
Telus has launched a global agricultural data management company that will offer farmers a way to string together the streams of data that increasingly flow from every element of farm production. This is explained in a new Western Producer article…
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Expanding opportunities for the Ontario Food Terminal and the Agri-Food Sector
Ontario has introduced changes to legislation that would support the distribution of local food and other agricultural products by enabling the Ontario Food Terminal to increase the range of products it sells. This is part of the province’s Main Street…
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Protein Industries Canada invests in opening new markets for pulse-based proteins
Protein Industries Canada has made an investment into a project aimed at opening new markets for pulse-based proteins by increasing their functionality in high-value ingredients. Ingredion, Ingredion Plant Based Protein Specialties (Canada), Verdient Foods, T Base 4 Investments and O.M.D.…
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Promoting ‘Ontario Made’ products – register your product now
A wide range of Ontario manufacturers, retailers, and businesses have stepped forward to proudly promote made-in-Ontario products through the Ontario Made program. Since launching in July, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME)’s SupportOntarioMade.ca website has registered over 4,600 products from over 1,200 local…
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‘Transformative change’ to fisheries in Atlantic Canada
Clearwater Seafoods is pleased to announce they entered into a definitive agreement with FNC Holdings Limited Partnership, representing a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation. Here are some details, with all amounts in Canadian dollars unless…
