BC FOOD & BEVERAGE
Partner Referral Guide 2024
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A fresh approach to your business consulting needs Whether you are seeking performance improvement, tax optimization, bookkeeping, digital consulting, strategic planning, valuations, due diligence, or help with mergers and acquisitions, we’re here for you. MNP’s in-depth understanding of the food and beverage sector, combined with a comprehensive suite of services, helps you take an innovative approach that ensures you capitalize on every opportunity.
Let’s chat about your business over coffee. Eva Tone, CPA, CA, B.C. Leader, Food & Beverage Processing 604.371.1352 | eva.tone@mnp.ca MNP.ca
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Accounting, Funding, Legal
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Branding, Design, PR, Marketing
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Consultants
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Engineering, Energy, Construction
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Equipment, Automation
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ERP, Technology
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Export
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Food Safety, Sanitation, Uniforms
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Group Benefits, Insurance
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Human Resources, Executive Search
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Ingredient Suppliers
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Non Profit Industry Support
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Printing, Packaging, Labelling
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Product R&D, Testing
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Supply Chain, Logistics, Brokers
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Training, Certification
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Upcycling & Food Recovery
GUIDE SPONSORS
Does your business fit here? Food processors and manufacturers
Grain and oilseed processing
Frozen foods, blending and milling
Wineries and distilleries
Packaging
Wholesale and distribution
Commercial bakeries
Specialty foods
Food and beverage equipment
Abattoirs and meat processors
From startups to publicly traded companies, our Canada-wide network of financing experts are ready to support food and beverage businesses like yours.
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A CCO U NTIN G , F U N D IN G , LEG AL ACCOUNTING
GRANTS & FUNDING
Grant Thornton LLP grantthornton.ca/ Peter Veerman peter.veerman@ca.gt.com 604-687-2711
KPMG Management Services LP kpmg.com Leo Wilson leowilson@kpmg.ca 604-691-3461
Granted Consulting granted.ca Stephanie Sang ssang@granted.ca 778-653-5575
MNP LLP mnp.ca Eva Tone eva.tone@mnp.ca 604-830-4396
LFG Partners lfgpartners.ca Rob Adamovsky rob.adamovsky@lfgpartners.ca 778-990-6674
Investment Agriculture Foundation TJ Schur tjschur@iafbc.ca 250-940-6150
FINANCIAL
National Research Council Canada, IRAP nrc.canada.ca/en Shuanghui Liu shuanghui.liu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 604-355-7739
Business Development Bank of Canada bdc.ca/en Deepa Narayanan deepa.narayanan@bdc.ca 604-666-7875
CIBC Commercial Banking cibc.com/en/commercial.html Jason Potter jason.potter@cibc.com 604-220-1740
Corpay Cross Border payments.corpay.com/ Sean Coakley scoakley@corpay.com 778-288-3148
FCC fcc.ca Joti Dhesi joti.dhesi@fcc.ca 1-888-332-3301
Fasken Martineau fasken.com/en Ally Bharmal abharmal@fasken.com 604-631-4987
Royal Bank of Canada rbc.com Julia Ingram julia.ingram@rbc.com 604-575-3380
Scotiabank scotiabank.com/ca/en/ Mike Dunnigan mike.dunnigan@scotiabank.com 778-995-0694
Mogan Daniels Slager LLP mdslawyers.com David Hettle dhettle@mdslawyers.com 778-783-3944
The Toronto-Dominion Bank td.com Brandon Ekholm brandon.ekholm@td.com 604-312-1385
Vancity vancity.com Krista Loewen krista-loewen@vancity.com 604-877-7620
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BR A N D IN G, DESIG N , P R, M ARK ETI NG Brand Natural brandnatural.ca Johanna Israel-Duprey johanna@brandnatural.ca 778-863-8589
Crew Marketing Partners crewmarketingpartners.com Kaela Napier knapier@crewmp.com 888-499-4235
Ethical Food Group ethicalfoodgroup.com Corwin Hiebert corwin@ethicalfoodgroup.com 604-803-2019
FSHDesign Inc fshdesign.org Pareen Hasfanally pareen@saludbrandmangement.com 604-825-2506
Mercury Publications westerngrocer.com Melanie Houssin mhoussin@mercurypublications.ca 204-954-2085
Picnic Creative picniccreates.com Steffen Janzen steffen@picniccreates.com 604-300-1259
Shervin Communications goshervin.com Sherrin Western sherrin@goshervin.com 604-422-0174
Town Hall Brands townhallbrands.com Leeann Froese leann@townhallbrands.com 604-321-3295 BC FOOD & BEVERAGE
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WEBSITES
C O N S U L T A NTS Colin Henry Colin Henry Henrycl@hotmail.ca 778-938-4522
Erik Eide Erik Eide eeide88@gmail.com 778-677-3935
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
Incrementa (un)consulting incrementa.ca Mike Knapp mknapp@incrementa.ca 604-219-1918
Inno-centre inno-centre.com Eric Waterman communication@inno-centre.com
Karen Ann Davidson karenanndavidson.ca Karen Davidson karen@karenanndavidson.ca 604-786-6654
Karen Barnaby Karen Barnaby karen.barnaby@gmail.com 604-253-6288
QUmai SA Dave Eto daveeto62@gmail.com 604-315-2640
Rebel Botanica Inc rebelbotanica.ca Lara Tiro lara@rebelbotanica.ca 778-227-2241
STARTIFY Business Management LTD. startify.ca Mehdi Gohardehi Mehdi@Startify.ca 236-866-6161
This Commerce Life thiscommercelife.com Kenny Vannucci kenny@thiscommercelife.com 778-838-7053
WE Safety Inc woodenterprises.ca Peter Guenther peterg@wesafetyinc.ca 604-859-4583
Wellgenex Sciences inc. wellgenex.com Michael Li mli@wellgenex.com 604-249-2896
Wiseop Business Partners Ltd. wiseop.ca Ali Samei wiseop.ca@gmail.com 604-760-1010
E N G IN E ER ING , CON STRU CTION ABB Inc. new.abb.com/ca Stan Wachon stan.wachon@ca.abb.com 1-800-435-7365
Can-Four Industrial Supplies Ltd. canfourindustrial.com Tony Rai tonyrai@canfourindustrial.com 1-877-515-8882
Enginuity Consulting enginuity-consulting.ca Alex Osborne alex.o@enginuity-consulting.ca 778-347-4572
Glacier West Construction Inc glacierwest.ca/ Conal Hancherow conal@glacierwest.ca 306-830-6358
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 604-568-0180
Rain City Management raincityindustrial.com Ryan Pfeiffer rpfeiffer@raincityindustrial.com 604-924-7475
Sinco Engineering Ltd. sincoengineering.com Jeff Fimrite jfimrite@sincoegineering.com 778-991-3467
E Q UIP MEN T , EN ERG Y , AU TOM ATI ON Air Products airproducts.com Colleen Cameron camerocc@airproducts.com 206-247-0452
Fortis BC fortisbc.com Thomas Montgomery Thomas.montgomery@fortisbc.com 604-999-1687
Handtmann Canada Limited handtmann.ca Rafal Rusiniak rafal.rusiniak@handtmann.ca 519-725-3666
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PLAN Automation - Western Canada planautomation.com Peter Bibbings peter@planautomation.com 778-928-4657
Raven Hydronic Supply ravensupply.ca Ashley Bouchard ab@ravensupply.ca 604-543-7977
RGE Sales & Service / Fortress Technology fortresstechnology.com Ron Gallie rongallie@telus.net 604-798-9346
Smith Industries Ltd. smithindustriesltd.com Dan Adkins sales@smithindustriesltd.com 604-874-6110
Steep Hill Equipment Solutions Inc. steephillequipment.com Mya Bergen blarsen@steephill.ca 604-425-2002
Uptime Industrial uptimeindustrial.com Sarah Wingenbach swingenbach@uptimeindustrial.com 778-945-1515
E R P , T ECH NOLOG Y , CELLULAR Baka Communications Inc. www.baka.ca/bcfb John Andrada jandrada@baka.ca 604-679-7577
DTEC distrib-u-tec.com June Nicolay jnicolay@distrib-u-tec.com 250-860-0829 ext 103
TLC Solutions tlcsolutions.ca Aaron Toplician aaron.toplician@tlcsolutions.ca 1-888-354-5002
Umbrella Consulting Vancouver Inc. umbrellaconsulting.ca Bonnie Yiu bonnie@umbrellaconsulting.ca 604-760-6959
Icicle Technologies Inc icicletechnologies.com Steven Burton sburton@icicletechnologies.com 604-231-1650
EXPORT Export Navigator exportnavigator.ca Romina Donoso info@exportnavigator.ca 604-637-1010
Export Development Canada edc.ca Tracy Shwetz tshwetz@edc.ca 604-404-3805
FO O D S A F E TY , SAN ITATION , UNI FOR M FOOD SAFETY SGS Canada Inc. sgs.com Mohit Mclaren mohit.mclaren@sgs.com 604-366-7420
Ecolab Co ecolab.com Michael Ng michael.ng@ecolab.com 1-800-465-1914
SANITATION Nature Recombined Sciences Inc. naturerecombined.com Kian-Guan Lim guan@naturerecombined.com 778-941-2268
UNIFORM Alsco Uniforms alsco.com Craig Sherlock csherlock@alsco.com 604-454-4189
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Sani Marc - Food & Beverage Division sanimarc.com Steve Tellier Steve.tellier@sanimarc.com 604-396-4281
PCB Customs Brokers pcbglobaltrade.com Lisa Stevenson lisa.stevenson@pcb.ca 604-538-1566
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G R O U P B E N E F ITS, IN SURAN CE Acera Insurance acera.ca Jonathan Livingstone jonathan.livingstone@acera.ca 604-294-3773
Central Agencies Ltd. centralagenciesltd.com Adam Smith adamsmith@brokerbc.ca 604-276-0244
Reliance Insurance reliance.ca Chris Ball cball@reliance.ca 604-255-4616
The Reframe Group reframeinsurance.ca Brian Cole brian@thereframegroup.com 877-778-8455
HU M A N R ESOU RCES, EXECU TIVE SE A RCH Grizzly Force grizzlyforce.ca Sandro Ferrari sandro@grizzlyforce.ca 604-767-2084
HR West Consulting hrwest.ca Chantel Wellman chantel@hrwest.ca 604-546-7674
Lock Search Group - LSG locksearchgroup.com Jackson Stewart jstewart@locksearchgroup.com 604-639-3709
MacDonald Search Group macdonaldsearchgroup.com Trevor Baker trevor@macdonaldsearchgroup.com 604-687-6464
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I N G R ED IE N T SU P P LIERS 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 604-653-5215
Crush Dynamics Inc. crushdynamics.com Kirk Moir kirk@crushdynamics.com 877-652-7874
N O N P R O F IT IN D USTRY SU P P O R T 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
PR IN T IN G, PACK AG IN G , LABELL I NG Altro Labels altrolabels.com Mahna Naemi info@altrolabels.com 604-628-1849
Applied Plastics Technology Inc. appliedplastics.ca Serge Paiement sales@appliedplastics.ca 604-856-6880
FoodPak foodpak.com Nick Pike sales@foodpak.ca 1-833-FOODPAK
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Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging glenmorecustomprint.com Rachel Abma rachel@glenmoreprinting.com 604-273-6323
Great Little Box Company Ltd. Ideon Packaging glbc.com Luigi Scaglione lscaglione@glbc.com 604-301-3700
Multivac Canada Inc. ca.multivac.com Andy Yu andy.yu@ca.multivac.com 604-273-0958
Rayacom Group of Companies rayacomgroup.com Richy Escolar Chua richy.chua@rayacom.com 604-254-4488
TricorBraun tricorbraun.ca Shelley Keller shelley.keller@tricorbraun.com 604-349-1454
United Royal Solutions Inc - LabelOne unitedroyal.ca Vahid Amiri info@unitedroyal.ca 604-770-0880
Jivapack Canada Inc. jivapack.com Hussain Kherodawala hussain@jivapack.com 778-321-9597 Royal Labels royallabels.ca Gabe Labbé gabe@royallabels.ca 604-525-8800 Vancouver Premium Packaging Ltd. vanpkg.com John C john@vanpkg.com 604-728-7225
PR OD U CT R &D, TESTIN G BCIT - Natural Health & Food Product Research Group bcit.ca Hong Sy hong_sy@bcit.ca 604-456-8001
FTC International Consulting Ltd. ftcinternational.com Eva Savova eva@ftcinternational.com 604-288-2719
Prairie Research Kitchen rrc.ca/research-kitchen Judy Quistberg jquistberg@rrc.ca 204-632-3993
SUP P L Y CHAIN , LOG ISTICS, BRO KE RS Bellingham Cold Storage bellcold.com Jose Roques jose.roques@bellcold.com 360-733-1640
CHEP Canada chep.com/ca/en/why-chep Careyann Hryn careyann.hryn@chep.com 647-468-3549
International Pacific Sales Ltd. internationalpacificsales.com Laura Driscoll laurad@intlpac.com 604-273-7035
Kerry Logistics (Canada) Inc. kerrylogistics.ca Eric Li eric.cm.li@kerrylogistics.com 778-939-5533
Playbook Logistics Inc playbooklogistics.com Patricia Rietveld patriciac@playbooklogistics.com 604-372-2070
XTL TRANSPORT INC. xtl.com/en Mundo Garza mundo.garza@xtl.com 604-881-2342
Catalyst Training Services Inc. catalysttraining.ca Dan Monteiro dan@catalysttraining.ca 604-298-5505
T R A IN ING , C ERTIF ICATION Food Processing Skills Canada fpsc-ctac.com Jennefer Griffith jgriffith@fpsc-ctac.com 613-237-7988
Vancouver Island University Debra Hellbach debra.hellbach@viu.ca 250-858-7658
UPCY CL ING , F OOD RECOVERY Food Mesh foodmesh.ca Jessica Regan jessica@foodmesh.ca 778-840-8600
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 BC FOOD & BEVERAGE
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