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Accounting, Funding, Legal Branding, PR, Marketing Consultant Services Engineering, Construction Equipment, Energy, Automation ERP, Software, Cellular Export Facility Services Group Benefits, Insurance Human Resources, Executive Search Ingredient Suppliers Non Profit Industry Support Printing, Packaging Product R&D, Food Safety, Testing, Contract Manufacturing Sales Support, Distribution Supply Chain, Storage, Logistics Training, Certification Upcycling, Food Recovery

ACCOUNTING Doane Grant Thornton LLP grantthornton.ca Peter Veerman peter.veerman@ca.gt.com 604-687-2711

KPMG Management Services LP kpmg.com/ca/en/home Leo Wilson leowilson@kpmg.ca 604-691-3461

MNP LLP mnp.ca/en/clients/food-and-beverage-processing Eva Tone eva.tone@mnp.ca 604-371-1352

FINANCIAL Marrelli Trust marrellitrust.ca Andrew Moncur amoncur@marrellitrust.ca 403-437-3484

Royal Bank of Canada rbcroyalbank.com/business Karen Menjivar karen.menjivar@rbc.com 647-464-3200

Scotiabank scotiabank.com/ca/en Mike Dunnigan mike.dunnigan@scotiabank.com 778-995-0694

The Toronto-Dominion Bank td.com Brandon Ekholm brandon.ekholm@td.com 604-312-1385

GRANTS & FUNDING Business Development Bank of Canada bdc.ca Austin Nairn austin.nairn@bdc.ca 604-666-7875

FCC fcc-fac.ca Joti Dhesi joti.dhesi@fcc-fac.ca 1-888-332-3301

Granted Consulting granted.ca Stephanie Sang ssang@granted.ca 778-653-5575

Investment Agriculture Foundation iafbc.ca TJ Schur tjschur@iafbc.ca 250-940-6150

Pioneera Ventures pioneeraventures.com Sam Pirzadeh sam@pioneeraventures.com 778-681-6847

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L EGA L Fasken Martineau fasken.com Ally Bharmal abharmal@fasken.com 604-631-4987

Mogan Daniels Slager LLP mdslawyers.com Natalie Leon nleon@mdslawyers.com 604-689-8000

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B R A N D I N G , PR, M A RK E T ING Brand Natural brandnatural.ca Johanna Israel-Duprey johanna@brandnatural.ca 778-863-8589

Crew Marketing Partners crewmarketingpartners.com Kaela Napier knapier@crewmp.com 778-808-5788

Mercury Publications westerngrocer.com Melanie Houssin mhoussin@mercurypublications.ca 204-954-2085

Monograph&Co. monographco.com Sophia Ahamed hello@monographco.com 778-847-2120

Overtime Marketing overtimemarketing.ca Taimoor Syed tsyed@overtimemarketing.ca 778-344-4678

Pendo pendo.ca Don Cleland don@pendo.ca 604-398-8822

Picnic Creative picniccreates.com Steffen Janzen steffen@picniccreates.com 604-300-1259

Samantha Falk Communications samfalk.com Samantha Falk sam@samfalk.com 604-307-3219

Shervin Communications goshervin.com Sherrin Western sherrin@goshervin.com 603-328-0642

Simonsen Designs simonsendesigns.com Lisa Simonsen lisa@simonsendesigns.com 604-908-4137

Turn Designs Creative turndesigns.com Sonya Laurenssen sonya@turndesigns.com 778-996-2395

Ally Bharmal Partner | BC Leader, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness +1 604 631 4987 abharmal@fasken.com

Ariel Laver, CPA, CA Partner +1 604 631 3201 alaver@fasken.com

Sarah Batut Partner +1 604 631 4954 sbatut@fasken.com

The legal landscape for Canada’s food industry can be challenging. We can help you navigate. Our firm’s food, beverage and agri-business team advises local, national and international producers, processors and retailers of food products on a broad range of corporate, commercial, regulatory and risk management issues. If your business is going places, we can help you get there.

Fasken is your legal team.

Roger A.C. Kuypers Partner +1 604 631 4880 rkuypers@fasken.com

Reina Mistry Partner +1 604 631 3263 rmistry@fasken.com

Camille Malone Associate +1 604 631 3528 cmalone@fasken.com

fasken.com/agribusiness

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Ready for meaningful growth? We can help. British Columbia’s food and beverage industry is thriving, and innovation is reshaping the landscape. The opportunities are clear, but is your next step? Whether you want to scale efficiently, manage costs, or plan for what’s next, success isn’t about potential, it’s about thoughtful strategy and the right support. Let’s talk about your vision. The coffee’s on us. Scan to learn more

Eva Tone CPA, CA, B.C. Leader, Food & Beverage Processing | 604.371.1352 | eva.tone@mnp.ca MNP.ca


CON S U LTA NT S B USINESS Incrementa (un)consulting incrementa.ca Mike Knapp mknapp@incrementa.ca 604-219-1918

Wiseop Business Partners Ltd. wiseop.ca Ali Samei wiseop.ca@gmail.com 604-760-1010

I N DUSTRY Foodwest Resources Robin Smith robinsmith.bc@gmail.com 604-671-1429

Good to Grow goodtogrowproducts.com Andrea Gray-Grant andrea@goodtogrowproducts.com 604-454-8806

Karen Barnaby Karen Barnaby karen.barnaby@gmail.com 604-253-6288

Mandi Lunan Food Business Coach foodbusinesscoach.com Mandi Lunan yum@foodbusinesscoach.com 250-231-9705

MS Consulting msconsults.ca Morgan Setter morgan.setter@gmail.com 604-786-4601

Nerissa Allen Consulting nerissaallen.com Nerissa Allen thrive@nerissaallen.com 778-242-9591

QUmai SA Dave Eto daveeto62@gmail.com 604-315-2640

This Commerce Life thiscommercelife.com Kenny Vannucci kenny@thiscommercelife.com 778-838-7053

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E N G I N E E R I N G , C O NST RU C T IO N Blue Projects Canada Ltd. blueprojects.com Mike Haney michael.haney@blueprojects.com 604-785-4274

Enginuity Consulting enginuity-consulting.ca Alex Osborne alex.o@enginuity-consulting.ca 778-347-4572

Fusion Projects fusion-projects.com Dean Harris dharris@fusion-projects.com 604-834-6284

GHD ghd.com Rodrigo Santana rodrigo.santana@ghd.com 778-980-6593

Knack Industrial Contracting knackindustrial.com Keith Van Delft keith@knackindustrial.com 604-744-8961

LAPORTE Engineering Inc laporteconsultants.com/en Taraya Middleton TMiddleton@laporteconsultants.com

Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd. maple.ca Cheryl Schindler cheryls@maple.ca 604-546-0255

RMS Industrial Ltd. rmsindustrial.com Kurt Schouten kurt@rmsindustrial.com 604-897-9452

SIDMAC Engineering & Manufacturing sidmac-mfg.com Paul Feaver paulf@sidmac-mfg.com 604-850-7799

Spectrum Electric spectrumelectric.ca Vicky Young info@spectrumelectric.ca 604-542-8941

Thermo Design Insulation thermo-design.com Brent Glesby brentg@thermo-design.com 204-930-0229

E Q U I P ME N T, E NE RG Y, AU TO M ATION Airplus Industrial airplusindustrial.ca Carlo Melchiorre carlo.melchiorre@airplusindustrial.ca 604-307-1071

CPE Systems Inc. cpesystems.ca Donald Byres dbyres@cpesystems.com 604-988-7151

Fortis BC fortisbc.com Thomas Montgomery Thomas.montgomery@fortisbc.com 604-592-7870

Handtmann Canada Limited handtmann.ca Doug McPhee doug.mcphee@handtmann.ca 519-725-3666

Multivac Canada Inc. multivac.com/ca Patrick Mccarthy patrick.mccarthy@ca.multivac.com 604-754-7349

Prime Boiler Services primeboiler.com Mike Wiens mike.wiens@primeboiler.com 604-855-8797

Smith Industries Ltd. smithindustriesltd.com Dan Adkins sales@smithindustriesltd.com 604-874-6110

Steep Hill Equipment Solutions Inc. steephillequipment.com Brent Larsen blarsen@steephill.ca 604-425-2002

E R P, S O F TWA RE , C E L L U L A R DTEC distrib-u-tec.com June Nicolay sales@distrib-u-tec.com 250-860-0829

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Omnae Technologies omnae.com Dan Lionello dan@omnae.com 604-209-5314

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Stocky Al stocky-ai.com Conor McKenna conor@stocky-ai.com 236-868-0865


EX P O RT Export Development Canada edc.ca Yasmine Fouad yfouad@edc.ca 604-235-4726

Export Navigator exportnavigator.ca Chelsea Sang info@exportnavigator.ca 778-689-1741

PCB Global Trade Management pcbglobaltrade.com Lisa Stevenson lisa.stevenson@pcb.ca 604-538-1566

Fraser Valley Biogas evergeninfra.com Dayton Skei dayton@evergeninfra.com 778-899-2658

HTT Safety ‘n’ More Inc. httsafety.com Karim Panjwani karimp@httsafety.com 604-762-7862

FACI L I TY S E RV IC E S Alsco Uniforms alsco.com Craig Sherlock csherlock@alsco.com 604-454-4189 Sani Marc - Food & Beverage Division sanimarc.com Jose Livia Jose.Livia@sanimarc.com 604-340-8815

GROUP BENEFITS, INSURANCE Acera Insurance acera.ca Hugh Badger-Forand hugh.badger-forand@acera.ca 604-235-1858

Reliance Insurance reliance.ca Kevin Cleary kcleary@reliance.ca 604-809-8633

H UM A N R E SO U RC E S, E XE C U T IVE SEARCH De Lacy Executive Recruitment delacyexecutive.com Erin Stuart erin.stuart@delacyexecutive.com 236-818-2648

Dexterous Workforce dexterousworkforce.com Silvi Chawla silvi@dexterousworkforce.com 236-888-8750

MacDonald Search Group macdonaldsearchgroup.com Trevor Baker trevor@macdonaldsearchgroup.com 604-687-6464

Pender & Howe Executive Search penderhowe.com Ryan Berrecloth ryan.berrecloth@penderhowe.com 604-346-6349

HR West Consulting hrwest.ca Chantel Wellman chantel@hrwest.ca 604-546-7674

INGREDIENT SUPPLIERS Avafina Organics avafina.com/learn Laura Cuñer laura@avafina.com 604-292-0022

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Blind Owl Flavours blindowl.ca Kyle Hamer info@blindowl.ca 778-288-7454

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Everland Natural Foods everland.ca Simran Kaur simran@jivaorganics.ca 236-668-2455


I NG R E D I E N T SU PPL IE RS c ontinued... Everything Za’atar everythingzaatar.com Lora Mouammer everythingzaatarca@gmail.com 778-389-8907

Fresh Direct Produce freshdirectproduce.com Steve Chan steve.chan@freshdirectproduce.com 604-639-1328

Grandpa J's Seasoning grandpajs.com Jenny Sior jenny@grandpajs.com 604-828-7252

Ingredients Plus Distribution ingredientsplus.ca Maryam Ahoo maryam@ingredientsplus.ca 604-468-7146 ext. 5843

Island West islandswest.com Robert Wallace rwallace@islandswest.com 250-727-0744

Left Coast Naturals leftcoastnaturals.com Coby Palidwar coby@leftcoastnaturals.com 604-879-9100

NutraEx nutraex.com Harvey Martens harvey.martens@nutraex.com 888-978-8249

Pacific Blends pacificblends.com John Wells jwells@pacificblends.com 604-945-4600

Pacific Coast Fruit Products Ltd. pacificcoastfruit.com Danielle Pearson customerservice@pacificcoastfruit.com 604-850-3505

Snow Cap snowcap.com Tony Llewellyn tony@snowcap.com 604-515-3202 ext. 151

Custom Coverage

Made in BC At Acera Insurance, we’ve been serving the food and beverages businesses of British Columbia for decades. By partnering with us, you get local expertise, custom insurance and employee benefits solutions, and personalized advice from a team of professionals who know your industry.

Hugh Badger-Forand

Client Executive, Commercial Insurance 604.235.1858 hugh.badger-forand@acera.ca

Bruce Yari

Employee Benefits Consultant 236.521.3696 bruce.yari@acera.ca

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NON P RO F I T INDU ST RY SU PPORT ABLE BC ablebc.ca Jesse Sidhu jesse@ablebc.ca 604-688-5560

Canadian Food Innovation Network cfin-rcia.ca/home Lavina Gully lavina@cfin-rcia.ca 778-953-6746

Canadian Health Food Association chfa.ca Scott Sulz ssulz@chfa.ca

National Research Council Canada, IRAP nrc.canada.ca/en Shuanghui Liu shuanghui.liu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 604-355-7739

Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC safetyalliancebc.ca Wayne Arondus w.arondus@safetyalliancebc.ca 604-798-2944

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise nzte.govt.nz Sasja Smit Monahan sasja.smit@nzte.govt.nz 604-722-3330

Protein Industries Canada proteinindustriescanada.ca James Street james@proteinsupercluster.ca 306-949-0049

Second Harvest secondharvest.ca Janice Martin janicem@secondharvest.ca 778-847-8445

WeBC we-bc.ca Brandi Ripel brandi@we-bc.ca 1-800-643-7014

PR I N TI N G, PAC K AG ING , L A B E LLIN G Associated Labels and Packaging associatedlp.com Liz Siemens liz@associatedlp.com 604-525-4764

Bottles'co Bottle & Packaging bottlesco.com Tao Liu order.bottlesco@gmail.com 778-788-1508

Boxmaster boxmaster.com Geoff Nickerson gnickerson@boxmaster.com 604-521-4715


EM Plastic & Electric Products Ltd. emplastic.com EM PLastic Vancouver vancouver@emplastic.com 604-468-4487

FoodPak foodpak.com Nick Pike sales@foodpak.ca 1-833-FOODPAK

Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging glenmorecustomprint.com James Rowley info@glenmoreprinting.com 604-273-6323

Great Little Box Company Ltd. Ideon Packaging glbc.com Natisha Mathews nmathews@glbc.com 604-301-3700

Jivapack Canada Inc. jivapack.com Hussain Kherodawala hussain@jivapack.com 778-321-9597

Norlands Box Company norlands.com Mahna Naemi mahna@altrolabels.com 604-923-8286

Rayacom Print & Packaging BC Ltd. rayacompremium.com Richy Escolar Chua premiumprint@rayacom.com 604-254-4488

TricorBraun tricorbraun.ca Sara Hearn shearn@tricorbraun.com 604-529-7910

Vancouver Premium Packaging Ltd. vanpkg.com Tommy Tam sales@vanpkg.com 604-728-7225 Ext 2

P RO DU CT R & D, T E ST ING , F OOD SAFETY, CON TR ACT MAN UFACTURI N G Assured Food Safety Consulting Inc. assuredfoodsafety.ca Tania tania@assuredfoodsafety.ca 416-710-7453

BC Food Connection bcfoodconnection.ca Alisa Hutton info@bcfb.ca 604-371-4245

BCIT - Natural Health & Food Product Research Group bcit.ca Hong Sy hong_sy@bcit.ca 604-456-8001

Cultivated Food Labs cultivatedfoodlabs.com Joel Gfeller joel@cultivatedfoodlabs.com 250-328-4176

CSN Pharma csnpharma.com Ramin Estifaie ramin@csnpharma.com 604-544-5958

Normex normex.ca Tanguy Etoga tanguy_etoga@normex.ca 888-918-4718

Passionate Food Safety Consulting Ltd passionatefoodsafety.com Helen Xie helen.xie@passionatefsconsulting.com 778-320-9566

RebelCPG rebelcpg.com Lara Tiro lara@rebelcpg.com 778-227-2241

Rhema Health Products rhemamade.com Erika Silden eriks@rhemamade.com 604-777-7247

SGS Canada Inc. sgs.com Mohit Mclaren mohit.mclaren@sgs.com 604-366-7420

Texave International Inc. texaveinternational.com Akshita Puri akshita@texaveinternational.com 778-789-2143

S AL E S S U P P ORT, DIST RIB U T IO N BNQ Management bnqmanagement.com Alex Taylor alex@bnqmanagement.com 236-334-8205

Cuover International Foods Ltd cuover.ca Cristina Burlan cristina.burlan@cuover.com 604-565-1868

Dovre Specialty Foods dovre.ca Laycee Brown laycee.brown@dovre.ca 604-679-5539

Hive Retail Solutions hiveretailsolutions.com Brittany Kroetsch hello@hiveretailsolutions.com 604-353-2818

International Pacific Sales Ltd. internationalpacificsales.com Daren Forster darenf@intlpac.com 604-273-7035

LeBeau Excel lebeauexcel.com Eamonn McKay eamonn@lebeauexcel.com 604-202-2848

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Legends Haul legendshaul.com Craig Sheridan craig@legendshaul.com 604-961-5805

Sevco Foods sevcofoods.com Marlies Krueger customerservice@sevco-foods.com 604-301-3070

Stong's Market stongs.com Brian Bradley brian.bradley@stongs.com

S U P P LY CH AIN, LO G IST IC S Advance Lumber & Pallet Ltd. advancelumber.com Sukhi Brar info@advancelumber.com 604-580-4918

Canadian Alliance Terminals Inc. canadianalliance.ca Seyed Behnejad sbehnejad@canadianalliance.ca 604-270-6077

Pacific Coast Distribution Ltd. pacificcoast.ca Chris Funk chris.funk@pacificcoast.ca 604-888-8489

Playbook Logistics Inc playbooklogistics.com Patricia Rietveld patriciac@playbooklogistics.com 604-385-5924

Novem novemcanada.com Warren Sarafinchan warrens@novemcanada.com 250-469-4582

T R A I N I N G, C E RT IF IC AT IO N BC Food & Beverage Growth Hub bcfb.ca/growth-hub Alisa Hutton growthhub@bcfb.ca 604-371-4245

Catalyst Training Services Inc. catalysttraining.ca Dan Monteiro dan@catalysttraining.ca 778-834-2124

FOODSAFE Secretariat foodsafe.ca Nannette Plant plant@camosun.ca 250-370-4683

Intertek Alchemy alchemysystems.com Molly Devane molly.devane@alchemysystems.com 630-881-3059

Food Processing Skills Canada fpsc-ctac.com Jennefer Griffith jgriffith@fpsc-ctac.com 613-851-5656

U P C YCL I N G , F O O D RE C OV E RY Food Stash Foundation foodstash.ca Carla Pellegrini director@foodstash.ca 236-866-5227

West Coast Reduction Ltd. wcrl.com Derek Quan dquan@wcrl.com 604-255-9301

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