Contract Manufacturing or Co-Packer List

A contract manufacturer, or co-packer, is a company that manufactures and packages food for other companies to sell. Some companies offer packaging services, while others can help with formulation, production and labelling. Do your research to ensure their services are right for you.

Talk to a Manitoba Agriculture business development specialist to discuss your co-packing needs and for out of province opportunities.

This list is not inclusive nor an endorsement for services. Contact us to have your business added to the directory.

Baked Goods and Confectionary

Harvest Bakery and Deli

1857 - A Grant Avenue, Winnipeg, MB  R3N 1Z2
Contact:  Glenn Wilde
Phone: 204-489-1087, extension 2
Email: orders@harvestbakeryanddeli.com or topper@mymts.net
Service Details:  fresh, par baked, frozen bread buns, and baked goods
Certification:  Manitoba GMP/HACCP
Packaging Type:  poly bag, wholesale cases, bulk retail, palletized case shipping, small retail vacuum sealing
Other:  production and packing capabilities have room to scale up, location has on-site cake decoration and deli/kitchen for smaller scale sweets production, single main production line so products would have to adhere to allergen rules.

Cavalier Candies

Sweet C Bakery Inc.

Canadian Copacking Group 

90 de Baets Street, Winnipeg, MB, R2J 3S9
Contact: Chris Heming
Phone: 204-406-8128
Email: info@canadiancpg.com
Service Details: Dry filling and liquid filling, capping, labelling, sealing, product inspection and traceability, coding and marking, case packing, palletizing, order fulfilment, raw materials storage, finished goods storage and warehouse logistics, semi-automatic systems for smaller runs.
Certifications: HACCP development in progress
Packaging Type: Stand up pouch, flexible packaging, pillow pouch, rigid container (bottles, jars and cups), caps and labels, cases and trays, pallets and totes.
Other: No minimum runs, hours of operation may vary.

Spices - Seasonings

Wild West Seasonings

Uncooked Grains

Floating Leaf Fine Foods

DeRuyck's Top of the Hill Farm

Pitura Seed Farms Ltd

Adagio Acres

W.H. Escott Company Ltd.

Prairie Flax Products INC.

1/2 mile East of Junction of HWY #1 and HWY #242, near Portage la Prairie, MB
Contact person:  Jason Armishaw
Phone:  204-252-2940 (office) or 204-856-3313 (cell)
Email:  jason@prairieflax.com 
Service Details:  All co-packing is subject to Prairie Flax time schedules.
Certifications:  Canadian Grain Commission HACCP, CFIA, Kosher
Packaging Type: packaging whole grains/pulses or flour.  Small retail packaging or larger packaging: 10 kg, 20 kg, 25 kg, 25 lb, 50 lb bags paper of poly-woven, as well as totes 1000 kg max.

Honey

The John Russell Honey Co.

Meat 

SnackMart Inc. 

Vantage Foods

41 Paquin Road, Winnipeg, MB R2J 3V9
Contact Person:  Yves Moser
Phone:  204-667-9903 Ext. 222
Email:  yves.moser@vantagefoods.net
Service Details:  Retail case ready packaging, export, further processing and value added.
Meat processing for:  raw, non-RTE ground meat, intact and/or commercial raw cuts, offal or meat by-products, meat sausages and non-intact tenderized meat
Certifications:  Federally inspected, HACCP, BRC Certification AA Rating, Gluten Free Certification
Packaging Type:  Meat packaging - modified atmosphere tray pack, modified atmosphere bulk pack, cryovac/vacuum packaging, vacuum skin packaging, overwrap trays

True North Foods

39079 PTH 13, Carman, MB  R0G 0J0
Contact Person:  Calvin Vaags
Phone: 204-745-3068
Email: calvin@truenorthfoods.ca 
Service Details: slaughter/primal boxed beef, bison and elk, no minmal runs
Certifications:  Federal Facility, BRC, Prganic
Packaging Type:  vacuum packed and boxed 

Dairy

Notre Dame Creamery  

35 Provencher Street, Notre Dame-de-Lourdes, MB  R0G 1M0
Contact person:  Guy Roch
Phone: 204-248-2212
Email: groch@mymts.net
Service Details: Co-processing and packing services for dairy operations, Fluid milk, kefir, and butter. 6-head bottling line, conventional butter churn and butter press.
Certifications: Federal dairy plant, organic
Packaging Type: Plastic jugs for fluid milk and kefir (1,2 abd 4l), foil packaging for butter (1 lb and 25 kg boxes)

Prairie West

7-130 Omands Creek Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R2R 1V7
Contact person:  Nichole Wilson
Phone: 204-633-7031
Email: nichole@prairiewesticecream.ca
Service Details: Co-packing services for ice cream.  Minimum run 4000 litre batch sizes.
Certifications: Registered dairy plant with CFIA.  British Retail Consortium (GFSI), peanut free facility
Packaging Type: Cardboard cartons, cardboard rounds, plastic tubs.  Various sizes: 100 ml, 500 ml, 1l, 2l, 4l and 11.4 l.

Sauces

The Open Kitchen

Warren, MB
Contact Person: Peter Fehr
 204-293-5113
Email: peter@gourmetinspiration.ca
Service Details: Assistance with recipe formulation, ingredient and packaging sourcing, production, label desgin and NFT development
Certifications: HACCP development  currently in progress
glass bottles or jars
Other: Equipment includes electric steam jacket kettle, semi-auto piston filler, jars/bottles hand capped, 120 l minium runs 

Liquid Filling

Canadian Copacking Group 

Beverages 

Canadian Gold Beverages (2012)

45137 Highway 210, Marchand, MB R0A 0Z0
Contact: P.C. de Jong or Gabi McCulloch
Phone: 204-424-5479
Email: peter@canadiangoldbeverages.com or order@canadiangoldbeverages.com
Service Details: Co-packing of bottled water, sparkling mineral water, soft drinks and specialty beverages.
Certifications: Inspected by Manitoba Agriculture and CFIA, HACCP
Packaging Type: P.E.T. bottles, glass bottles
Other: Minimum run of 1 pallet per SKU

Other related links

•  Using a Co-Packer (PDF, 317 KB)