Consumer | Gay Lea

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• $17M FUNDG TO HELP EXPAND GAY LEA'S OPERATNS TEWATER
• GAY LEA LAYS OUT DAIRY PROCSG EXPANSN PLANS
• GAY LEA GETS $16.9 LN FOR TEWATER PLANT
• GAY LEA TEWATER COUNTRY STORE
• GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC RERD VTMENT

$17M FUNDG TO HELP EXPAND GAY LEA'S OPERATNS TEWATER

Gay Lea Foods Co-operative on Wednday announced a budget of $140 ln over four years to set up what scrib as an “novative nutrn and nutractil-gra dairy gredients hub Canada. The dairy procsg operatn that later beme known as Tewater Creamery was tablished the area 1875 and beme part of Gay Lea 1981. The $60 ln expansn pledged for the Tewater plant, to beg early next year, is part of the -op’s first phase s multi-year plan, which Gay Lea said will also clu upgras and expansn at s Toronto-area food manufacturg facili.

The first phase, Gay Lea said, also ms $3 ln to build a new rearch and velopment centre of excellence Haton.

The centre, Gay Lea said, will be a “workg laboratory and novatn cubator” and “the nex between R+D and mercializatn throughout Gay Lea Foods’ operatns, and also service our partners the dairy, food and health sectors.

GAY LEA LAYS OUT DAIRY PROCSG EXPANSN PLANS

Gay Lea, whose productn facili across Ontar employ about 950 people, has been expandg through acquisns recent years, buyg Ontar procsors Stirlg Creamery last month and Black River Chee May. The venture would also see Gay Lea offer Manoba dairy farmers the opportuny to jo the -op as member owners. Gay Lea also recently bought a mory stake goat’s k and sheep’s k procsor Mariposa Dairy and expand s membership to clu Ontar dairy goat producers.

Dairy farmer and Gay Lea chairman Steve Dolson said the -op’s new plan is “drivg growth through novatn and the velopment of new markets that will crease mand for k om Canadian dairy farms. Tagged Gay Lea, Haton, Toronto.

9 ln for improvements to the Gay Lea plant at Tewater. The announcement after Gay Lea announced Febary, 2016, that would vt $60 ln the plant, maly to improve and expand skim k powr productn.

GAY LEA GETS $16.9 LN FOR TEWATER PLANT

Legal Name: Gay Lea Foods Co-operative LimedWebse: Dcriptn: Gay Lea Foods is a lear the dairy dtry Ontar and Canada.

<br /> <br /> The Tewater Branch is home to the Gay Lea Farm Frh Country Store and Creamery<br /> <br /> Member of On Co-op sce 2002 (foundg member). Gay Lea Foundatn announc 13 new charable grants. The Gay Lea Foundatn is pleased to announce 13 new charable grants supportg tn, poverty relief, and/or muny well-beg projects Canada, Ai, and South Ameri.

Gay Lea Tewater Country Store21 Clton St NTewater ON Canada.

GAY LEA TEWATER COUNTRY STORE

Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limed (“Gay Lea Foods”) today announced a signifint vtment of $140 ln over four years to tablish an novative, nutrn and nutractil-gra dairy gredients hub Canada. As a 100% Canadian owned and operated -operative, Gay Lea Foods is mted to strong, staable ral muni where our members and employe live and prosper wh their fai.

GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC RERD VTMENT

This workg laboratory and novatn cubator will be the nex between R&D and mercializatn throughout Gay Lea Foods’ operatns, and also service our partners the dairy, food and health sectors. Headquartered Mississga, Ontar, Gay Lea Foods is a lear the Canadian dairy dtry and the -operative sector, wh more than 950 employe workg productn facili across Ontar.

Gay Lea Foods has been growg steadily, and has ma a number of acquisns recent years, cludg Stirlg Creamery (2016), Black River Chee (2016), Hewt’s Dairy (2014), Salerno (2014) and Ivanhoe Chee (2008). In October 2016, Gay Lea Foods announced a jot venture wh Val Nutrn Inc.