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About The Industry
We are... the largest customer for Ontario farmers, buying the vast majority of their production. We are... a mainstay of manufacturing in the province; a $33 billion industry employing over 110,000 directly and at least another 100,000 people in related industries. We are... the third largest food cluster in North America. Ontario is a leader in safe, high quality food products for consumers worldwide. Ontario is easily accessible to the entire North American market and within a one-day drive of over 140 million consumers.
We are... investors. Ontario food and beverage processors invested over $900 million in capital expenditures in recent years. We are... innovators. Innovation and quality are the foundation of the industry and we are developing, new, high quality products that improve the health and wellbeing of consumers. You can find our products in grocery stores, bakeries, wine retailers, restaurants\, butcher shops, ice cream shops and more. We are... province-wide, in communities, large and small. There are more than 3,000 food processing businesses in the province, of which 700 are located in rural communities.
Sub-Sectors of the Ontario Food and Beverage Processing Industry chart courtesy Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) |
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