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Delta, B.C. Canada — Sept. 19, 2017 — Raincoast Trading, a First Nations-owned sustainable seafood company with 100 years of history in B.C., recently received top honors from Greenpeace Canada for adhering to the highest environmental standards of sustainable tuna fishing, beating out more than a dozen other brands in …
September, 2017
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20 September
Create high quality choux pastry with Tegral Clara Ultra
Canada, September 2017 – Puratos Canada proudly presents the Tegral Clara Ultra. This is the newest addition to our pâtisserie mixes that creates choux pastry such as éclairs, profiteroles and Paris Brest. Tegral Clara Ultra is a clean(er) label base which lets you create high quality choux pastry resulting …
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13 September
Acosta Canada names Vice President of Client Development
Acosta Canada is pleased to announce that Warren Paisley has been named Vice President of Client Development. Warren brings over 20 years of innovative CPG brand-building agency experience to this key leadership role. He will lead the company’s national and regional client team and report to Brent Scowen, President, Acosta …
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13 September
Acosta Canada names Senior Vice President of Customer Development
Acosta Canada is pleased to announce that Joanne Hillion has been named Senior Vice President of Customer Development. Joanne brings 20 years of Tier 1 CPG industry sales leadership and customer development experience to her new role. She will lead the company’s grocery customer development team reporting to Brent Scowen, …
August, 2017
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31 August
Coalition Calls for Better Food in Canadian Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, August 31, 2017 – As Canadian children head back to school next week, the Coalition for Healthy School Food is sounding the alarm that Canada ranks 37th out of 41 countries in providing access to nutritious food for children. “Many kids returning to school this year will not learn optimally …
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23 August
Media invited to sneak preview of brand new Save-On-Foods Whitehorse
Media Advisory A division of the Overwaitea Food Group LP (August 23, 2017 – Whitehorse, Yukon) Members of the Whitehorse media are invited to a special sneak preview of Save-On-Foods Whitehorse to celebrate the B.C.-based company’s first store in Canada’s north and sample its fresh-made food offering. The store …
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22 August
GURU Energy continues to innovate with “ORGANIC LITE” and introduces Canada to the use of monk fruit as a natural sweetener
MONTREAL, Aug. 22, 2017 – GURU, a Quebec-based company and a global pioneer in all-natural energy drinks, continues to grow rapidly and innovate by introducing monk fruit as a natural sweetener to its “ORGANIC LITE” drink, a first in Canada. Used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine for its antioxidant properties, monk fruit draws …
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18 August
New line of Pour-Over coffeemakers lets customers experience handcrafted coffee at home
Melitta Canada Builds on its Heritage with Launch of Signature Series Pour-Over™ for the Perfect Cup of Coffee New line of Pour-Over coffeemakers lets customers experience handcrafted coffee at home TORONTO, August 14, 2017 – Melitta Canada, a household name in exceptional coffee preparation, today announced the launch of its …
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18 August
THEOBROMA Chocolat team continues to grow!
August 14, 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT Dear business partners and valued customers, Theobroma Chocolat™ is very pleased to announce that Helen Pike has joined the team in the newly created position of Director of Sales and Marketing. In this new role Helen will work closely with our internal team as well …
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15 August
Bounce Energy Balls
ABOUT BOUNCE Bounce creates 100% natural, delicious energy food. Originally founded in Australia, the company strives for great-tasting, clean nutrition by using high quality ingredients and leaving out nasties like artificial colours, flavours and preservatives. Based on the brand philosophy ‘Eat Good, Feel Good, Do Good’, Bounce aims to inspire …