BC FOOD & BEVERAGE
Partner Referral Guide 2026
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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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