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• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN
• GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN
• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN
• GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN
• GAY LEA FOODS CEO BUTTERS UP THORNLOE CHEE
• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN
• GAY LEA FOODS REVEALS CEO SUCCSN TAILS
• RETIRG CEO SE BRIGHT FUTURE FOR GAY LEA -OP
• GAY LEA FOODS ACQUIR THE ALBERTA CHEE COMPANY
• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OP NAM NEW CEO
• MICHAEL BARRETTPRINT/CEO, GAY LEA FOODS
• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN
• MICHAEL BARRETTPRINT/CEO, GAY LEA FOODS
• GAY LEA FOODS CO-OP NAM NEW CEO

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN

Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limed. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limed (“Gay Lea Foods”) announced today that Print & CEO Michael Barrett has rmed them of his tentn to retire om the -operative on January 31, 2023.

Michael Barrett has been wh Gay Lea Foods for 22 years, servg as Print & CEO sce 2014. “Gay Lea Foods has achieved remarkable growth over the last eight years thanks to the visn, learship and team that Michael has built wh and surroundg our -operative, ” says Board Chair Rob Goodwill. Suzanna will beg her transn to Gay Lea Foods on October 31.

About Gay Lea FoodsGay Lea Foods is a leadg Canadian -operative renowned for our muny-foced valu and high qualy, novative, and award-wng dairy and food products. Gay Lea Foods Print & CEO, Michael Barrett, has announced he will retire om the -operative o...

GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN

Suzanna Dalrymple has been appoted Print & CEO of Gay Lea Foods, effective Febary 1, 2023. Gay Lea Foods may be a lear the Canadian dairy dtry, renowned for our high qualy products and ditn to novatn, but our seeds were sown – and our roots rema – on the farm. Together wh our vtor members – retired dairy producers, those wh lks to the Canadian dairy dtry and Gay Lea Foods employe – we are a leadg Canadian -operative, wh roughly 4, 000 producers and preferred shareholrs.

Mississga, Ontar, September 23, 2022 – The Board of Directors of Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limed (“Gay Lea Foods”) announced today that Print & CEO Michael Barrett has rmed them of his tentn to retire om the -operative on January 31, 2023.

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN

About Gay Lea Foods. Gay Lea Foods is a leadg Canadian -operative renowned for our muny-foced valu and high qualy, novative, and award-wng dairy and food products.

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GAY LEA FOODS ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN

Suzanna DalrympleSuzanna Dalrymple has been appoted Print & CEO of Gay Lea Foods, effective Febary 1, 2023. The Gay Lea Foods Story.

GAY LEA FOODS CEO BUTTERS UP THORNLOE CHEE

Our story began 1958 when a group of farmers me together wh a mon visn to build a better future for themselv and their muni; today, Gay Lea Foods is a leadg Canadian -operative. Michael Barrett, CEO of Gay Lea Foods, said their immediate plans are to ease to the environment as the Mississga-based, farmer-owned operative mak s first formal entry to Northern Ontar.

Gay Lea acquired the award-wng 30-employee Temiskamg cheemaker om Genr last December. Barrett acknowledged Gay Lea had been eyeballg Thornloe for que some time.

As evinced by Gay Lea’s other acquisns, Barrett said his ownership group has an obv bias toward farmer-owned anizatns. Gay Lea Foods has members on more than 1, 400 dairy farms Ontar and Manoba, more than 4, 320 producer and vtor shareholrs. Barrett said Gay Lea’s tentns aren’t to sop up the bs and relote south but enhance what has been pastakgly built up over the years, ctomer by ctomer.

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN

The Gay Lea bs philosophy is foced on makg vtments small muni that support tablishg a strong ral enomic base.

GAY LEA FOODS REVEALS CEO SUCCSN TAILS

That kd of regnn wasn’t lost on Gay Lea.

RETIRG CEO SE BRIGHT FUTURE FOR GAY LEA -OP

What Gay Lea brgs to the table, he explaed, is an abily to fund novatn, and brg wir market ntacts and a broar ctomer reach, which should give Thornloe greater exposure southern Ontar.

At the same time, Thornloe provis an entry pot for Gay Lea products to enter the North. Barrett fds there are “a lot of synergi to be had” the product mix Gay Lea mak – ttage chee and sour cream – that are not petive wh Thornloe.

Most of the farmers that participate Thornloe’s grass-fed products are also Gay Lea members.

GAY LEA FOODS ACQUIR THE ALBERTA CHEE COMPANY

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – Canadian dairy operative Gay Lea Foods announced s print and chief executive officer, Michael Barrett, rmed the board of directors of his plans to retire, effective Jan. 31, the board, rried out a global search for Barrett’s succsor and chose Suzanna Dalrymple, former general manager for Mars Pet Nutrn Canada, to bee Gay Lea’s next print and CEO, effective Feb. 1, dairy manufacturer’s print and CEO sce 2014, Barrett first joed Gay Lea 22 years ago.

Unr his learship, the operative ma strategic acquisns, expand to Wtern Canada, nstcted a nutractil-gra dairy gredients facily and vted mornizatn and expansn projects at existg of Gay Lea’s board, Rob Goodwill, said the operative “achieved remarkable growth” wh Barrett as s lear.

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OP NAM NEW CEO

Dalrymple is schled to beg workg for Gay Lea and startg the operative’s transn phase on Oct. Michael Barrett, CEO of Gay Lea Foods, will retire early next year and he predicts bright futur both for the producer -operative and the Canadian dairy sector. “I’m not only nfint there’s a future for Gay Lea, I am very exced about dairy as well, ” Barrett told Farmtar a recent terview.

Why matters: Wh roughly a quarter of Ontar dairy producers among the member-owners of Gay Lea, the operative plays a ccial role the provce’s dairy sector.

“I always felt Gay Lea was not reachg s full potential, that didn’t que have the visn of greatns, and didn’t really celebrate s operative herage, ” Barrett relled. He se the ton achieved by Gay Lea durg his tenure – cludg not only the 10 acquisns and revenue creas but also the welg of member-owners om a new mody (goat k) and another provce (Manoba) – as extensns of what MacGillivray started. Gay Lea’s current board of directors’ chair says Barrett sells himself short by passg the cred on to his precsor.

MICHAEL BARRETTPRINT/CEO, GAY LEA FOODS

He agre MacGillivary troduced an environment of openns and good munitn to Gay Lea but was Barrett who tly changed the “culture” by makg member-owners re about takg part cisn-makg and supportg the -op’s ral enomic visn.

Asked for a select few thgs he’s proud about, Barrett c Gay Lea’s dtry-leadg posns employee and ernance trag, and s mment to charable both Canada and abroad. Although Gay Lea joed others the sector exprsg s dismay wh tra al ncsns, Barrett is nfint dairy Canada n survive such threats.

That’s somethg he believ Gay Lea did when vted $140 ln 2018 a nutractil-gra dairy gredients facily. “The dtry, along wh Gay Lea Foods, needs to be able to novate. Gettg away om the rporate boardrooms and Ottawa nference halls and movg out to Ontar’s farms, he rells the difficult discsns that eventually led to Gay Lea purchasg Hagersville’s Hewt’s Dairy – wh both s w and goat k products.

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OPERATIVE LIMED ANNOUNC CEO SUCCSN

It wasn’t lost on Gay Lea’s member-owners that they were beg asked to nsir an extremely out-of-the-box ia. He says he fell jt shy of a goal to turn Gay Lea to “a succsful, pennt, natnal -operative.

MICHAEL BARRETTPRINT/CEO, GAY LEA FOODS

Mississga, Ontar – (October 16, 2017) Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limed (“Gay Lea Foods”) is pleased to announce has entered to an agreement to acquire the shar of Alberta Chee Company Ltd. The purchase expands upon Gay Lea Foods’ renowned selectn of Ontar-produced che unr the Salerno, Ivanhoe and Black River brands, and supports the -operative’s plan to grow s prence the Canadian dairy dtry while providg exceptnal service to s retail and foodservice ctomers. The succsful tegratn of Alberta Chee to Gay Lea Foods will add the Fran’s and Sorrento brand che to Gay Lea Foods’ much revered selectn of high qualy and specialty che produced Ontar.

The move will also further crease the productn pacy of the -operative, and expand relatnships for Gay Lea Foods wh Alberta foodservice provirs, retailers and chee-lovers alike. Gay Lea Foods tends to mata full operatns at the Alberta Chee plant and prerve all relatnships wh existg Alberta Chee ctomers, suppliers and employe. Headquartered Mississga, Ontar, Gay Lea Foods is the largt dairy -operative Ontar, wh members on more than 1, 300 dairy farms, more than 4, 000 members total, and more than 950 employe.

Gay Lea Foods is a renowned and growg prence the Canadian chee dtry, leveragg the expertise and ditn of our cheemakers to produce qualy, award-wng and specialty che unr the Salerno, Ivanhoe and Black River brands. Gay Lea Foods has grown steadily recent years and ma a number of acquisns, cludg Stirlg Creamery (2016), Black River Chee (2016), Hewt’s Dairy (2014), Salerno (2014) and Ivanhoe Chee (2008).

GAY LEA FOODS CO-OP NAM NEW CEO

In November 2016, Gay Lea Foods announced an vtment of $140 ln to tablish an novative nutrn and nutractil-gra dairy gredients hub Canada.

“Gay Lea Foods is pleased to wele Alberta Chee to our -operative and honoured to ntue the herage built by the Talari fay over the past 40 years.