Las Vegas chocolate makers emphasize story behind cocoa beans, production process.With temperatures often surpassing 120 degrees, the Mojave Desert may not seem like the best place to set up a bean-to-bar chocolate operation. But, with hopes of creating something unique in a city known for serving up thrills, chefs Matthew Piekarski and Matthew Silverman took […]
WeighPack’s 24 head PrimoCombi multi-head weigher with three product mixing weighs product before it is bagged. EndFlex’s Pick & Place Automation precisely loads each Roca container into the case while simultaneously orienting all logos to ensure that shipments are retail-ready.
WeighPack territory manager Thomas Davis and Vacaville Fruit Company president Nicole Nola-Ciarabellini share their views on fill and seal packaging machinery. US-based Vacaville Fruit Company was founded in 1960 as a commercial dry yard, drying various products such as California apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, prunes and tomatoes. The handpicked fruits would arrive to be […]
Within the global fruitpacking sector, more is usually considered better: more variety,more markets to tap—certainly many a business has tapped that plan to great financial success.But one Canadian company has shunned the ‘more is more’ mentality, and has instead found global renown and success with its niche business plan.Founded in 1929 by Michael Leonard Catania […]
When Musharaf Syed decided to create a supplements business with Aisha Yang in 2009, their business plan didn’t call for a manufacturing facility. Rather, after heading up nutraceutical sales for seven years, Syed believed he, together with Yang’s international marketing experience, could successfully start their own business by filling gaps and niches in the global […]
Ontario cookie producer combines traditional handmade recipes and attractive packaging presentation to fill a growing and promising market niche for vintage pastries.You’ve got to be one pretty smart cookie to make the grade as a relative newcomer to the crowded and fiercely competitive market for cookies and sweet pastries nowadays, and happily for the Aurora, […]
Ontario candy and gum manufacturer steps up its production line efficiencies with top-flight equipment designed and built by a Canadian company.Human beings have been chewing gum in various forms for the past 100,000 years,and sampling the sweet taste of candy for some 2,600 years. In contrast, the Toronto-based Oak Leaf Confections Co., has only been […]
Many a book has been written adequately noting and describing the health benefits of Mother Nature’s fresh fruits and vegetables for the average human being, but for one Quebec company, keeping things fresh has provided a well-deserved financial benefit and respect within the Canadian produce industry.First opening its doors in 2007, the Montreal headquartered Les […]
Leading Canadian nut processor boldly chasing the American dream with startup of a U.S. manufacturing subsidiary to drive future sales and market share growth.The vast U.S. snack-food market can be a very tough nut to crack for foreign-based companies hoping to cash in on its virtually-limitless growth potential and opportunities.But reaching for the starts is […]
In the produce industry, creating something innovative is no longer the domain of the farmers growing the vegetables and fruits, as it exclusively once was long ago.For one Ontario-based company, it prefers to invent its own innovation processes,with new flavors and products and even through technology.Located in Mississauga, Ont., Freshline Foods offers a compelling case […]
