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Chapman’s Ice Cream says it will replace more than 70 per cent of its American ingredients and won’t increase prices for two years.
The company began looking for alternatives to U.S. suppliers when the first round of tariffs from the Trump administration were announced
One of the biggest changes involves sugar cones.
There are no producers of industrial sugar cones in Canada, so the company partnered with Original Foods, a company outside Hamilton, to bring in a cone oven.
The two companies have already signed their agreement, and equipment has been purchased in Germany.
Chapman’s is also moving production of wafers used in its ice cream sandwiches to Canada and is sourcing ingredients such as almonds from Australia and cherries from Chile.
The trade dispute has prompted Canadian companies like Chapman’s to reconsider what they produce domestically, he said.
The company said it will continue to use 100 per cent Canadian dairy in its ice cream.
