Allied Members
FCPC's Allied Members are companies that provide support services, such as management consulting, technology, logistics, ingredients and packaging to the food and consumer products industry.
Allied Members are valued association partners who contribute information and resources to industry discussions, help members gain new insights and provide solutions to industry-wide challenges.
FCPC appreciates the ongoing support and commitment of Allied Members.
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- The Advantage Group International, Inc. [ External Site ]
- Agriculture Adaptation Council
- ACCE [ External Site ]
- Active International [ External Site ]
- A.T. Kearney Ltd.
- Aztec Canada
- Casco Inc.
- The Central Goup
- CHEP Canada Inc.
- Claims Recovery Group Inc. [ External Site ]
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Dial One Wolfedale Electric [ External Site ]
- Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
- Enzyme Inc. [ External Site ]
- The Explorer Group [ External Site ]
- FKILogistex Canada [ External Site ]
- GCI Group [ External Site ]
- Griffith Laboratories, Ltd. [ External Site ]
- Guelph Food Technology Centre [ External Site ]
- Heenan Blaikie
- Hewitt Equipment Ltd.
- HORN
- IBM Business Consulting Services
- iGPS [ External Site ]
- Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions [ External Site ]
- KPMG LLP
- Lakeside Logistics Inc. [ External Site ]
- The Marketplace Capabilities Group
- Monsanto Canada Inc.
- Mosaic Sales Solutions
- News Canada, Inc.
- The Nielsen Company
- The NPD Group Canada Corp.
- Odgers Berndtson
- Palette PR
- Premier Tech Systems [ External Site ]
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Silliker Canada Co. [ External Site ]
- Stericycle Inc. [ External Site ]
- Strathcona Paper LP [ External Site ]
- Tata Consultancy Services [ External Site ]
- Tetra Pak Canada Inc. [ External Site ]
- Total Recall Services [ External Site ]
Agricultural Adaptation Council
The Agricultural Adaptation Council is a non-profit coalition of over 50 Ontario agricultural, agri-food and rural organizations. It was established in 1995 to administer Ontario's share of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development (CARD) fund.
The AAC's mission is to be a catalyst for adaptation and innovation. The Council delivers funding that assists Ontario's agri-food sector and rural communities remain competitive, grow and maintain their economic strength. The priority areas for projects and programs are: food safety confidence and quality; environmental sustainability; marketing and competitiveness; human resources; and rural development, innovation and adaptation.
Agricultural Adaptation Council
192 Nicklin Road, Guelph, ON
N1H 7L5
| Contact: | Terry Thompson |
| Tel: | (519) 822-7554 |
| Email: | canadapt@adaptcouncil.org |
| Web site: | www.adaptcouncil.org |
A.T. Kearney Ltd.
A.T. Kearney is the world's fastest-growing management consulting firm. No one surpasses our firm when it comes to mobilizing knowledge and resources to make major improvements in a company's products and services, relationships or economics. We call it Powerful Contributions to competitive advantage. For more than 70 years, we've built a distinguished history of helping business leaders fulfill their missions. From formulating strategic plans to operations and information technology capabilities, people who know us appreciate our ability to focus on the big picture and the smallest detail.
A.T. Kearney consultants, a diverse and talented group, enjoy the multifaceted nature of our business. Our people work together in a team-based, collegial atmosphere that creates a sense of camaraderie. Our people collaborate and share information, knowledge and insights to broaden the range of skills and expertise in our firm. And they share an entrepreneurial spirit carrying this self-motivation and drive with them throughout every assignment.
| Contact: | Paul Inglis |
| Tel: | (416) 596-3618 |
| Web site: | www.atkearney.com |
Casco
Casco Inc., founded in 1858, is Canada's principal producer of starches, sweeteners, oil and animal feed derived from corn. We also provide specialty ingredients such as polyols and prebiotic fibre. These products supply a customer base including food and beverage producers, paper manufacturers and animal nutrition suppliers. Casco has three refining facilities in Ontario: Cardinal, London and Port Colborne, is headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario and has a sales office in Pointe Claire, Quebec. For more information visit www.casco.ca.
| Contact: | Rob Kee Managing Director |
| Tel: | 416-620-3581 |
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deloitte in Canada
Deloitte, one of Canada's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to a wide range of Canadian and international clients. Deloitte is the Canadian member firm of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein, which is an association of firms operating in almost 150 countries. Together, DTT member firms have almost 120,000 employees around the world. In Quebec, Deloitte operates as Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche.
Canadian Client Services
At Deloitte, it's our business to know what drives your business. We combine industry insight with a deep understanding of today's local and global business challenges to give our clients the intelligent, practical and principled solutions they need to resolve today's challenges and anticipate tomorrow's.
Our professional services are diverse - from forensic accounting, control assurance, security services, risk management, strategy consulting and enterprise applications to indirect tax, accounting, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and personal tax and financial planning, and much, much more. But they all have one thing in common: helping our clients excel.
Heenan Blaikie
Heenan Blaikie is one of Canada's largest law firms, with over 400 lawyers in nine cities. We offer highly focused expertise in marketing and advertising law, with 20 years of experience in the area. Through a national team, based primarily in Ontario and Quebec, we bring together an invaluable combination of talent and experience in marketing and advertising law, intellectual property and information technology, privacy law, communication and broadcasting law, entertainment and sports law, tax law, regulatory law and litigation. Our breadth of experience covers food and beverage products, natural health products, textiles, broadcasting and a diverse range of other consumer products and services. We assist major marketers and agencies on the full range of promotional programs including contests, games and sweepstakes (online and offline), premium offers, rebate and coupon offers, joint promotions and charitable tie-ins. We review the packaging and labeling of a wide range of products and assist clients with challenges brought by competitors, consumers and regulators, before the courts, the Competition Tribunal and self-regulatory bodies. With our in-depth and multi-disciplinary expertise, our team provides comprehensive advice to clients wishing to market products and services in Canada, whether they are based here or abroad.
| Contact: | Samera Marei, Toronto Marketing Manager |
| Tel: | 416 643 6863 |
HORN
Since HORN's inception as a sales training company in 1984, many of the world’s most successful businesses have benefited from our sales force development, coaching, consulting, and blended delivery services. Focusing on sales force development and leadership, our reach includes Canada, the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Results are what matter, and we deliver them consistently.
Taking a performance-consulting approach, we work with leaders to identify the challenges facing their organizations. This leads to the design, development, and delivery of programs that meet the precisely defined needs of their organizations. We offer a broad range of delivery methods, including facilitation, e-Learning, train-the-trainer, and one-on-one coaching.
A combination of characteristics makes us unique, including: experience in the psychology of selling; specialization in sales forces; customization of training; executive coaching; ongoing research into our high-integrity method of impacting others; and our focus on measuring the ROI of our solutions, through the HORN Centre for Measurement.
| Contact: | Barbara Gaiptman, Senior Vice President, Client Relations |
| Tel: | 905-761-8000 x223 |
| E-mail: | bgaiptman@horn.com |
| Web site: | www.horn.com |
IBM Business Consulting Services
IBM Canada provides leading information technology solutions and consulting to assist retail wholesale and consumer packaged goods companies achieve an efficient consumer-driven supply chain. IBM’s business applications span the spectrum from logistics to marketing and sales to store operations. In addition, IBM offers a full array of hardware, software and services to build a solid IT infrastructure. Whether you are developing the plan, looking to implement a supply chain solution, or need the infrastructure to bring it together, IBM and IBM Business Partners have practical, proven solutions.
| Contact: | Susan Wilkinson |
| Tel: | 416 478 8213 |
| Web site: | www.can.ibm.com |
KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP is the Canadian member firm of KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We operate in 144 countries and have more than 104,000 professionals working in member firms around the world.
| Contact: | Willy Kruh |
| Tel: | (416) 777-8710 |
| Web site: | www.kpmg.ca |
News Canada, Inc.
For over 25 years, News Canada, Inc. has been providing a strategic and unique public relations service by delivering its clients' embedded messages to millions of consumers via the media. With the information obtained from annual media surveys, not only do we keep on top of the needs of the media but are also able to provide our clients with a cost-effective means of achieving positive coverage for their products and services. Through our Print, Web, Broadcast and Online Video services, we offer 100% guaranteed pick-up of your media-requested, newsworthy content and standardized reporting of proof of performance and success.
To take advantage of our partnership with FCPC, contact us today for a demonstration on how you can reach, educate and impact millions of consumers by calling 1-888-855-NEWS or emailing ncinfo@newscanada.com.
| Contact: | Charlene Nadalin |
| Tel: | (416) 599-9900 x203 |
| Email: | cnadalin@newscanada.com |
The Nielsen Company
About The Nielsen Company
The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA. For more information about our Canadian business, please visit, www.ca.nielsen.com.
| Contact: | Carman Allison |
| Tel: | 905-943-8225 |
| Web site: | www.ca.nielsen.com |
The NPD Group, Inc.
Since 1953, The NPD Group, Inc. has been helping companies develop more effective marketing strategies by providing a foundation of knowledge on consumer purchasing and behaviour.
The NPD Group, Inc. offers businesses a full spectrum of marketing information options - from industry tracking to custom solutions, on the Internet and around the world. With more than 700 major corporations looking to us for the knowledge they need to make better business decisions, we know that we must remain focused in our search for smarter solutions. After all, our goal isn't just keeping pace with our clients, but playing an integral part in their success.
| Contact: | Jane Graham, General Manager, Foodservice |
| Tel: | 647-723-7776 |
| E-mail: | jane_graham@npd.com |
| Web site: | www.npd.com |
Odgers & Berndtson
Odgers & Berndtson Canada is Canada's largest national executive search firm. With six offices nationally, including over 40 Partners, each with extensive experience in conducting senior level search assignments in the broadest range of industry and functional areas, the firm provides services to a wide range of industries including retail, consumer products, financial services, information systems and technology, transportation, professional services, public sector, healthcare, automotive/manufacturing and energy/utilities as well as a wide range of private sector companies. Globally, Ray & Berndtson is the sixth largest search firm in the world.
| Contact: | Andrew Norrie, Principal |
| Tel: | 416-366-1990 x345 |
| E-mail: | Andrew.norrie@rayberndtson.ca |
| Web site: | www.rayberndtson.ca |