Achieving Export Market Readiness with AgriAssurance
If your company signed a big contract next week, could you scale up to meet the new demand? What about if your new customer is in another country? Export market readiness is becoming more and more important for food and beverage manufacturers, especially if you want to take advantage of the government grant programs like […]
Simplify Compliance Management with Icicle ERP
For food and beverage manufacturers, one hallmark of success is being able to leverage your success from one market to another. Whether you are expanding sales across a border or regulatory jurisdiction or targeting specialty markets like organic, allergen-free, or kosher, the ability to secure high-value compliance certifications with savvy compliance management is essential. The […]
New Food Industry Grants Boost BC Businesses
In the coming weeks, food and beverage processors in British Columbia face a unique opportunity to quickly take advantage of new food industry grants from the provincial government. The BC Food Processing Growth Fund and the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund together offer up to $380 million for cost-sharing initiatives aimed at enhancing the growth of […]
Solve Employee Training and Competency Management with Icicle ERP
As the global economy recovers from recent supply chain disruptions, there is still one issue causing great challenges for food manufacturers. In 2022 alone, labour and skills crises cost the Canadian manufacturing industry an estimated $7.2 billion as businesses were hit with penalties, delivery delays, and lost contracts caused by understaffing. Food manufacturers in particular […]
Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership Delivers New Funding for Food Manufacturers to Grow
New funding programs from the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) recently expanded the range of financial support available for food and beverage manufacturers. But with more programs, it also becomes a bit harder to know what’s out there for you. Funding also usually runs out well before the application window closes, adding time pressure […]