VANCOUVER, B.C. — Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) says it has
acquired Vancouver-based South Seas Meats Ltd., a distributor of Halal
specialty meats that will help expand Premium's portfolio of ethnic
foods. Premium Brands, which has about 25,000 customers in Western
Canada and Washington State, paid about $2.1 million for South Sea
Meats, which had annual sales of about $10 million. Ahsan
Razak, the founder and operator of South Sea Meats, will join the
management team of Premium Brands.
Premium Brands buys Vancouver Halal meat supplier for $2.1 million
Campbells include Halal Food in their Food Bank Donations
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Canada,
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Campbell Company of
Canada and Food Banks
Canada today announced a comprehensive multi-year agreement that will support hunger relief across
Canada through the donation of nutritious food, charitable funds, educational resources and other awareness and community programs.
Canada drug firm to build halal facility
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Introducing Campbells Halal Certified Products in Canada
Campbells Halal Range
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Campbells Canada launches a selection of Halal-certified products.
Immigrant entrepreneurs: Fresh perspective
Jasmine Mediterranean Foods’ warehouse in East Vancouver is piled
high with boxes of delicious foods from the Mediterranean: dates,
olives, olive oil, couscous, tahini and more. It’s the culmination of
around 15 years of hard work by Moussa Mohaidly, a Lebanese immigrant
who built this importing and wholesaling business up from scratch.
Fasting, Feasting and Socialising
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The Americas,
Canada
A taste of Ramadan in Canada with the Turkish community.
McFalafel owner to fight for his prefix
Salam,
who moved to Canada from the Palestinian Territories five years ago,
says he sank $14,000 into menus and signs for his restaurant called 'McFalafel', which
serves halal shawarma, shisk taouk and, of course, falafel, and
registered with the city. He didn't know there was a problem until two
months ago, when McDonald's lawyers sent him a letter asking him to
change his restaurant name.
Canada Eyes Major Investment Opportunities in Brunei
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The Americas,
Canada
Given Brunei's leadership in the establishment of Halal food and
pharmaceutical standards, Mr Wendell Sanford, High Commissioner of Canada to Brunei
Darussalam, said, Canadian firms are looking
closely at Brunei as a logical location to both market and manufacture
Halal food and medicinal-products.
Ban on Electric Stunning in the EU?
Are you ready to give up electrical stunning? You could have no
choice. Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton from www.meatingplace.com attended the Annual meeting of the European Branch
of World Poultry Science’s Poultry Welfare Conference, and this is what she heard when she was there, and her view on it.
Foodservice customers seeking healthy, local meat
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The Americas,
Canada
Sodexo Canada provides dining services globally in college, corporate,
government and healthcare facility cafeterias, as well as sports
arenas, retirement community dining rooms and a number of other venues.
As the executive chef at Sodexo Canada, Suman Roy has a front-row seat
to North American consumer preferences when it comes to protein
choices. Meatingplace asked him to share his insights.