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Med Flavour Inc.: The importance of branding
When one thinks of bottled olive oil, Italy probably comes to mind. Since 2013, Brahim Slama, General Manager of Med Flavour Inc., has been working to change this perception by importing olive oil from his homeland of Tunisia to Canada. Slama’s family in Tunisia has been in the olive oil business since 1930. It is ... Read more
How Ontario Excavac Inc. is digging its say to cuccess with hydro-excavation
A whole other world exists underground, and Barry Wood, CEO of Ontario Excavac Inc. (www.ontarioexcavac.ca), specialists in hydro-excavation, knows this better than anyone. “There’s all kinds of infrastructure underground. If you could see all of it, you’d be shaking your head.” That’s where Mississauga-based Ontario Excavac Inc. ... Read more
How Forvest manages real estate assets and investor expectations
Forvest Financial Services Corporation is the Canadian representative office of the Forvest Group, a wealth management organization based in Geneva. We spoke with Rob Wollach, Director at Forvest Financial Services Corporation in Toronto. Rob manages all the investments of the Forvest Group in Canada, the US and Australia. FULLER LANDAU: What is Fo ... Read more
Morrison Lamothe: How family values have kept a food and beverage business successful through three generations
Morrison Lamothe is a third generation independent Canadian food and beverage processor. It began in 1933 supplying fresh bread. By the 1960s, it grew into the largest bakery in Ottawa. Since then, the company diversified into frozen food manufacturing, and today it produces frozen pies and pastries for large food brands. Morrison Lamothe expanded ... Read more
Zelcovia Cookies: How technology is taking a cookie business to the next level
Alan Zelcovitch knows cookies. In fact, his chocolate chip cookie recipe led to the creation of Zelcovia Cookies, a boutique cookie business that started as a means to help fund flying lessons and now 10 years later is a growing ecommerce site that sells cookiegrams, cookie cakes, cookie baskets, boutiques and gift boxes direct to ... Read more