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ACCOUNTING, FUNDING, LEGAL
ACCOUNTING
Grant Thornton LLP grantthornton.com Colin Yakashiro colin.yakashiro@ca.gt.com (604) 687-2711
GRANTS & FUNDING
Granted Consulting granted.ca Stephanie Sang ssang@granted.ca (778) 653-5575
FINANCIAL
Business Development Bank of Canada bdc.ca/en Deepa Narayanan deepa.narayanan@bdc.ca (604) 666-7875
Corpay Cross Border corpay.com Sean Coakley scoakley@corpay.com (604) 688-0400
FCC fcc.ca Sue Exner sue.exner@fcc.ca (306) 529-6822
KPMG LLP home.kpmg/ca/en/home.html Leo Wilson leowilson@kpmg.ca (604) 691-3461
MNP LLP mnp.ca Eva Tone eva.tone@mnp.ca (604) 830-4396
Investment Agriculture Foundation iafbc.ca Michelle Koski mkoski@iafbc.ca (250) 356-1662
National Research Council Canada, IRAP nrc.canada.ca Petulia Lam petulia.lam@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (604) 355-7739
Royal Bank of Canada rbc.com/canada.html Julie Ingram julia.ingram@rbc.com (604) 575-3380
Scotiabank scotiabank.com Mike Dunnigan mike.dunnigan@scotiabank.com (778) 995-0694
The Toronto-Dominion Bank td.com Brandon Ekholm brandon.ekholm@td.com (604) 586-2003
BRANDING, DESIGN, PR, MARKETING
Crew Food & Beverage Marketing Partners crewmarketingpartners.com Kaela Napier knapier@crewmp.com 1 (888) 499-4235
Jelly Marketing jellyacademy.ca Darian Kovacs darian@jellymarketing.com (604) 674-3559
Slant Design and Marketing Inc slant.is Alan Whitteker alan@slant.is (604) 308-3729
Karen Ann Davidson karenanndavidson.ca Karen Davidson karen@karenanndavidson.ca (604) 786-6654
Mercury Publications westerngrocer.com Melanie Houssin mhoussin@mercurypublications.ca (204) 770-9140
Town Hall Brands townhallbrands.com Leeann Froese leeann@townhallbrands.com (604) 321-3295
Vancity vancity.com Krista Loewen krista_loewen@vancity.com (604) 877-7620
LEGAL
Fasken fasken.com Ally Bharmal abharmal@fasken.com (604) 631-4987
Pivot and Pilot Creative pivotandpilot.com Rebecca Rochon rebecca@pivotandpilot.com (647) 283-6532
Shervin Communications goshervin.com Sherrin Western sherrin@goshervin.com (604) 422-0174
Velocity Marketing LTD Davy Labardisse davy.labardisse@telus.net
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CONSULTANTS
Agrisco Supplies Corp agriscosupplies.com Mike Manion mike@agriscosupplies.com (778) 837-3809
Bruce Wallinger brucewallinger@gmail.com (778) 986-4221
Colin Henry Fractional CFO/Financial Services henrycl@hotmail.ca (778) 938-4522
Enginuity Consulting Facility Engineering Consulting enginuity-consulting.ca Alex Osborne alex.o@enginuity-consulting.ca (604) 771-7119
Erik Eide Business Coach eeide88@gmail.com
Foodwest Resources Management Consulting Robin Smith robinsmith.bc@gmail.com (604) 671-1429
Good to Grow
Small Business Coaching goodtogrowproducts.com Andrea Gray-Grant andrea@goodtogrowproducts.com (604) 512-7242
Hart & Associates Management Consultants Ltd.
Douglas Hart douglashart@hartconsultants.com
Hodgins & Company Management Consultants Inc.
Management Mary Hodgins mehodgins@gmail.com (604) 319-6814
Incrementa (un)consulting Business Strategy Coaching and Consulting incrementa.ca Mike Knapp mknapp@incrementa.ca (604) 219-1918
PLNT LIFE Consulting Recipe Development plntlife.com Dominica Bay dominica@plntlife.com (778) 444-4123
QUmai SA Operations
Dave Eto daveeto62@gmail.com (604) 315-2640
Sierra Mountain Analytics Data Analytics sierramountainanalytics.com Agatha Peters agatha@sierramountainanalytics.com (778) 401-1958
WE Safety Inc
Peter Guenther peterg@wesafetyinc.ca
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Wellgenex Sciences Inc. Food Science wellgenex.com Michael Li mli@wellgenex.com (604) 249-2896
ENERGY PROVIDERS
Fortis BC fortis.com Thomas Montgomery thomas.montgomery@fortis.com (604) 999-1687
Wiseop Business Partners Ltd. Operations wiseop.ca Ali Samei wiseop.ca@gmail.com (604) 760-1010
EQUIPMENT, AUTOMATION, ENGINEERING
Acciona Facility Services Canada Ltd. acciona.ca Randolph Lopez Santamaria rsantamaria@acciona.ca (604) 622-6550
Air Products airproducts.com Colleen Cameron camerocc@airproducts.com (206) 247-0452
CanDry Technologies candrytechnologies.com Maddie Aliasl info@candrytechnologies.com
Knack Industrial Contracting knackindustrial.com Keith Van Delft keith@knackindustrial.com (604) 744-8961
Laporte Engineering Inc laporteconsultants.com Taraya Middleton tmiddleton@laporteconsultants.com (604) 568-0180
Lyne Systems lynesystems.com Mike Gardiner mike.gardiner@lynesystems.com (604) 639-7639
Raven Hydronic Supply ravensupply.ca Ashley Bouchard ab@ravensupply.ca (604) 543-7977
Reiser Canada Co. reiser.com Alessandro Sestini asestini@reiser.com (604) 785-1864
RGE Sales & Service Ron Gallie rongallie@telus.net (604) 798-9346
FPS Food Process Solutions Corp. fpscorp.ca Shirley Wong shirley.wong@fpscorp.ca (604) 232-4145
Grundfos grundfos.com Chris Check ccheck@grundfos.com
Handtmann Canada Limited handtmann.ca Rafal Rusiniak rafal.rusiniak@handtmann.ca (519) 725-3666
Neutron Factory Works Inc. neutronfactoryworks.com Rick Gibbs rickg@neutronfactoryworks.com (604) 524-6965
PLAN Automation - Western Canada planautomation.com Peter Bibbings peter@planautomation.com (778) 928-4657
Rain City Industrial Workspaces raincityindustrial.com Andrew Laurie andrew@raincityindustrial.com (604) 924-7475
Smith Industries Ltd. smithindustriesltd.com Dan Adkins sales@smithindustriesltd.com (604) 874-6110
Steep Hill Equipment Solutions Inc. Mya Bergen office@steephill.ca (604) 362-6947
Veolia Water Technologies Canada Inc. veoliawatertech.com Aymeric Simon jenny.mcguire@veolia.com (514) 334-7230
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DTEC distrib-u-tec.com June Nicolay cjune.nicolay@gmail.com (250) 860-0829
Icicle Technologies Inc icicletechnologies.com Steven Burton sburton@icicletechnologies.com (604) 231-1650
EXPORT
Canadian Food Exporters Association cfea.com Susan Powell susanp@cfea.com (416) 445-3747
Export Development Canada edc.ca Tracy Shwetz tshwetz@edc.ca (604) 678-2247
TELUS Agriculture - Muddy Boots telus.com/agriculture
Dan Rafuse dan.rafuse@telus.com (416) 936-6172
The Answer Company theanswerco.com
Lori Farrow farrow@theanswerco.com (604) 473-9166
Vision33 vision33.com Bonnie Roper bonnie.roper@vision33.com (604) 473-2100
Export Navigator exportnavigator.ca Nicholas Maclennan nicholas@exportnavigator.ca (604) 637-1010
PCB Customs Brokers pcbglobaltrade.com
Lisa Stevenson lisa.stevenson@pcb.ca (604) 538-1566
FOOD SAFETY, SANITATION
FOOD SAFETY
3M Canada Food Safety 3mcanada.ca Michael Valente mcvalente@mmm.com (519) 630-8892
Ecolab Co ecolab.com Michael Ng michael.ng@ecolab.com 1 (800) 465-1914
SANITATION
Nature Combined naturerecombined.com Kian-Guan Lim guan@naturerecombined.com (778) 941-2268
FOODSAFE Secretariat foodsafe.ca Nannette Plant plant@camosun.ca (250) 370-4683
Safe Food Compliance Canada safefoodcanada.org
Rob Marshall rob@safefoodcanada.org (250) 218-3790
SGS Canada Inc. sgs.com Mohit Mclaren mohit.mclaren@sgs.com (905) 364-6247
Sani Marc - Food & Beverage Division sanimarc.com
Brian March brian.march@sanimarc.com (604) 396-4281
Swirltex Inc. swirltex.com Rob Budianto rbudianto@swirltex.com
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GROUP BENEFITS, INSURANCE
BFL Canada bflcanada.ca Stephen Wolfe swolfe@bflcanada.ca (604) 218-3806
Reliance Insurance reliance.ca Chris Ball cball@reliance.ca (604) 255-4616
HUMAN RESOURCES
Canadian Workplace Culture Index
cultureindex.io
Kemp Edmonds kemp@cultureindex.io 1 (877) 778-8455
Folks HR folkshr.com Jason Negin jason@folkshr.com 1 (877) 481-4909
The ReFrame Group reframeinsurance.ca Mizuho Miyagawa mizuho@thereframegroup.com 1 (877) 778-8455
Westland Insurance Group Ltd. westlandinsurance.ca Derek Henneberry dhenneberry@westlandinsurance.ca (604) 543-7788
Grizzly Force grizzlyforce.ca Marianna Kownacka marianna@grizzlyforce.ca (778) 988-2370
HR West Consulting hrwest.ca Chantel Wellman chantel@hrwest.ca (604) 546-7674
Lock Search Group locksearchgroup.com Ryan Berrecloth rberrecloth@locksearchgroup.com (604) 346-6349
MacDonald Search Group macdonaldsearchgroup.com Bruce MacDonald bruce@macdonaldsearchgroup.com (604) 687-6464
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INGREDIENT SUPPLIERS
British Columbian Importers Limited bcimporters.com
Gordon Groundwater info@bcimporters.com (604) 681-3554
Carmi Flavor and Fragrance Co. Inc. carmiflavors.com Lucie Nicholls lucienicholls@carmiflavors.com (604) 468-9800
Hafez International Trading Inc. hafezcanada.com Golbarg Rezaei golbarg@hafezcanada.com (778) 322-2431
Phillips Ingredients Inc. phillipsingredients.com Michael Dolling mikedolling@phillipsingredients.com (604) 538-9626
BC Fruit Growers’ Association bcfga.com
Glen Lucas glucas@bcfga.com (250) 762-5226
WeBC we-bc.ca Brandi Ripel brandi@we-bc.ca 1 (800) 643-7014
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC safetyalliancebc.ca
Lisa McGuire l.mcguire@safetyalliancebc.ca
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PRINTING & PACKAGING, LABELLING
Altro Labels
altrolabels.com Candice Kincaid candice@altrolabels.com (604) 789-7318
Applied Plastics Technology Inc. appliedplastics.ca Serge Paiement sales@appliedplastics.ca (604) 856-6880
Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging glenmorecustomprint.com Jeff Crossley jeff@glenmoreprinting.com (604) 273-6323
Great Little Box Company Ltd.Ideon Packaging glbc.com Matt Dwane matt@ideonpackaging.com (604) 787-5793
MD Packaging Inc. mdpackaging.com Brett Payne brett@mdpackaging.com (416) 291-9229
Multivac Canada Inc. multivac.com
Andy Yu andy.yu@ca.multivac.com (604) 754-7349
PRODUCT R&D, TESTING
ANH Food Consulting Inc. Satinder Sanghera satinders@live.ca (778) 389-3246
BCIT - Natural Health & Food Product Research Group bcit.ca Hong Sy hong_sy@bcit.ca (604) 456-8001
TricorBraun tricorbraun.ca
Shelley Keller shelley.keller@tricorbraun.com (604) 349-1454
Summit Labels summitlabels.ca
Gerald Chang gerald@summitlabels.ca (604) 552-3410
Vancouver Premium Packaging Ltd. vanpkg.com
John C john@vanpkg.com (604) 728-7225
Brenntag Canada food-nutrition.brenntag.com/en-ca/ Bonita Vottero bvottero@brenntag.ca (514) 701-1558
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FTC International Consulting Ltd. ftcinternational.com
Walter Dullemond walter@ftcinternational.com (604) 288-2719
HPP Canada hppcanada.ca Patricia Truter patricia@hppcanada.ca (604) 817-1097
I.D. Bell Culinary Consulting Ian Bell idbellculinary@icloud.com (778) 808-8929
Prairie Research Kitchen rrc.ca/research-kitchen/ Judy Quistberg jquistberg@rrc.ca (204) 632-3993
SUPPLY CHAIN, LOGISTICS, BROKERS
Bellingham Cold Storage bellcold.com Joel Harvey joel.harvey@bellcold.com (360) 733-1640
Canadian Alliance Terminals Inc canadianalliance.ca
Dino Salkic dsalkic@canadianalliance.ca (604) 270-6077
Cold Star Solutions coldstarsolutions.com Kelly Hawes khawes@coldstarsolutions.com (250) 391-7425
Greatario Engineered Storage Systems greatario.com
Jason Hale jhale@greatario.com 1 (866) 299-3009
TECHNOLOGY, CERTIFICATION, TRAINING
Catalyst Training Services Inc. catalysttraining.ca Dan Monteiro dan@catalysttraining.ca (604)298-5505
Food Processing Skills Canada fpsc-ctac.com Jennefer Griffith jgriffith@fpsc-ctac.com (613) 237-7988
Haylar Technologies Inc haylar.com
Harvey Johal harvey.johal@haylar.com (604) 318-8142
UPCYCLING,
ReFeed Canada Farm Ltd. refeedcanada.com
Christine Thompson admin@refeedcanada.com
NielsenIQ / ACNielsen Company of Canada nielseniq.com Bianca Choy bianca.choy@nielseniq.com (604) 314-0385
Pro-Cert Organic Systems Ltd. pro-cert.org Cody Sander cody.sander@pro-cert.org (306) 382-1299
TLC Solutions tlcsolutions.ca Eric Campbell eric.campbell@tlcsolutions.ca 1 (888) 354-5002
International Pacific Sales Ltd. internationalpacificsales.com Laura Driscol laurad@intlpac.com (604) 273-7035
Vancouver Island University Debra Hellbach debra.hellbach@viu.ca (250) 858-7658
FreePoint Technologies Inc. getfreepoint.com Tony Borges tony.borges@getfreepoint.com 1 (800) 682-0486
West Coast Reduction Ltd. wcrl.com
Derek Quan dquan@wcrl.com (604) 255-9301
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