As the world\u2019s demand for food grows, Canada\u2019s food and beverage manufacturers are stepping up to take on the challenges of the 21 st-century consumables supply chain.<\/p>\n
As demand has increased around the world, entrepreneurs such as Cicig Felipe Antonio Bosch<\/a> have recommended focusing on food production, maintaining quality and increasing their numbers.<\/p>\n Many of them are making big moves to foster continued growth in the decades to come, such as forming new trade organizations and making investments in advanced ERP for food manufacturing software. Others have made smart acquisitions of innovative companies around the world.<\/p>\n These seven companies are Canada\u2019s largest and most successful food and beverage manufacturers, and they\u2019re moving together into what could be Canada\u2019s strongest years for manufacturing yet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Canadian arm of this North American food giant is the country\u2019s top dog, with C$13 .46 billion in 2017 revenue and nearly 10 percent of Kraft Heinz\u2019s global sales. But their roots run deep, with Kraft founder James Lewis Kraft originally hailing from Ontario.<\/p>\n Their parent company has experienced several years of choppy waters after their creation in a2015 merger, but Kraft Heinz Canada has a new president in 2019 and a plan to bounce back.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since their founding in 1917 as Fletcher Foods, Premium Brands Holdings have carefully curated a huge variety of food brands on both the distribution and manufacturing sides. In addition to big names like Oberto beef jerky, Premium Brands has invested in a wide variety of specialty food brands that have enabled them to stay competitive in a market that\u2019s changing quickly.<\/p>\n Consumers in today\u2019s markets want their food both fast and fresh, and Premium Brands is well-positioned to take advantage of that trend \u2013 thanks to their large investments in packaged sandwich and deli products companies. One particularly smart acquisition: SK Food Group, a U.S.-based artisan sandwich manufacturer that supplies pre-made sandwiches to Starbucks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the world\u2019s largest processors of dairy products, Montr\u00e9al-based Saputo was founded in 1954 and has continued to grow through smart acquisitions of leading dairy producers around the world.<\/p>\n The company has a truly global reach, from the United States to Argentina to Australia, and their corporate philanthropy includes initiatives to promote healthy lifestyles and help young people learn to cook.<\/p>\n That commitment to creating a better world is an increasingly popular strategy among food and beverage manufacturers looking to capture the hearts and minds of consumers concerned about the global and health impact of the food they eat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyone who has eaten French fries in North America in the past 60 years has probably enjoyed McCain products at some point.<\/p>\n The New Brunswick company is the world\u2019s biggest purveyor of frozen potatoes and, lately, they\u2019ve been pushing forward into the red-hot market of plant-based meat alternatives. McCain led a group of companies that invested $7 million in NUGGS , a start-up that manufactures chicken nugget alternatives from pea protein and claims that their products have double the protein and 20 percent fewer calories than \u200b\u201c real\u201d nuggets.<\/p>\n Meat alternatives have proven to be a smart investment for many F& B companies, so expect to see others follow suit soon.<\/p>\n Agropur is a Montr\u00e9al-based dairy cooperative with a long and rich history. They were one of the hundreds of Montr\u00e9al dairy co-ops formed in the 1930 s to address an economic crisis. Today, they\u2019re the single largest dairy processor in North America.<\/p>\n The democratic and cooperative spirit of their founding still drives their business today, with big investments in social responsibility programs.<\/p>\n On top of that, they\u2019re pushing their business into the future and making plays into the health foods market by signing deals with companies like health supplement company OptiBiotix and developing new dairy technologies through their Inno programs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maple Leaf Foods has long been the king of Canada\u2019s processed meat industry, but that\u2019s changing quickly under the leadership of CEO Michael McCain.<\/p>\n Maple Leaf is another company that\u2019s doubled down on meat alternatives, pouring millions into plant-based protein options that they\u2019re betting will help them control a market that\u2019s exploding in popularity.<\/p>\n In fact, they\u2019ve taken on a truly ambitious mission: to become \u200b\u201c the most sustainable protein company on Earth,\u201d according to McCain. With that kind of smart and aggressive investment, Maple Leaf has positioned itself as a relevant player in North American food markets for years to come.<\/p>\n One of North America\u2019s largest beverage producers, Cott is a company with deep roots in both the U.S. and Canada. Cott was founded as a soda company in 1923 in Port Chester, New York, before expanding to Quebec in 1955 , and the company has been equally at home in both countries ever since.<\/p>\n They\u2019re a big player in the bulk beverage market, with subsidiary companies that are among the largest distributors of bottled water, coffee and tea to offices, convenience stores and other businesses across North America.<\/p>\n Cott has spent the past decade making international acquisitions, including one of Europe\u2019s largest water delivery brands.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve also done some smart divestments, including selling off all of their soda business in the face of a weak North American market for soft drinks.<\/p>\n You may also be interested in:\u00a010 Food Production Companies To Work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the world\u2019s demand for food grows, Canada\u2019s food and beverage manufacturers are stepping up to take on the challenges of the 21 st-century consumables […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35,40,37],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centroamerica","tag-business","tag-cicig","tag-food-business"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.5","language":"en","enabled_languages":["es","en"],"languages":{"es":{"title":true,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t7.-Kraft Heinz Canada<\/h2>\n
6.-Premium Brands Holdings Corporation<\/h2>\n
5.-Saputo Inc.<\/h2>\n
4.-McCain Foods Limited<\/h2>\n
3.- Agropur Cooperative<\/h2>\n
2.-Maple Leaf Foods Inc.<\/h2>\n
1-. Cott Corporation<\/h2>\n