Gay Lea Foods Announc Rerd Invtment to Transform Canadian Dairy

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• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LTD
• GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC RERD INVTMENT TO TRANSFORM CANADIAN DAIRY
• GAY LEA FOODS UNVEILS "SHARE JOY BY GAY LEA" HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LTD

Recently Viewed CompaniGay Lea Foods Co-Operative Ltd. Gay Lea Foods nducts bs Canada. MISSISSAUGA, ON--(Marketwired - November 16, 2016) - 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 unprecented vtment dairy procsg Canada livers on the Co-operative's missn to transform more Canadian k by buildg an novative and market-driven gredients bs that ters to our ctomers' 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.

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 first phase also clus upgras and expansn at our Toronto area food manufacturg facili to crease our pabili and petivens, improvg st efficienci, while workg to rce our environmental FACTS 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 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) October 2016, Gay Lea Foods announced a jot venture wh Val Nutrn Inc. Tewater Creamery joed the Gay Lea Foods fay "As a dairy farmer and -operative member owner, I am exced that Gay Lea Foods is drivg growth through novatn and the velopment of new markets that will crease mand for k om Canadian dairy farms.

GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC RERD INVTMENT TO TRANSFORM CANADIAN DAIRY

I am also proud that Gay Lea Foods is once aga leadg the way by monstratg that ral Ontar is pable of world class novatn and food manufacturg.

GAY LEA FOODS UNVEILS "SHARE JOY BY GAY LEA" HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

"- Steve Dolson, Chair, Gay Lea Foods"Dairy Farmers of Ontar (DFO) ngratulat and supports Gay Lea Foods their ntued mment to growg Ontar dairy, through the nstctn of new, state-of-the-art procsg pacy and R&D Centre, to expand markets for Canadian dairy products and gredients.