Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

WESTON BAKERIES LTD.
Industry: Food Products
Sub Industry: Bread and Bakery Products
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Size (sales): Not available for Weston
Bakeries
Purchasing Potential: During the coming year
packaging machinery purchases
Specific Business
Opportunities:
1. Company Description:
will likely be $C2 million
Packaging for Specialty items –
i.e. – Swiss Roll Packaging, and
Frozen Breads
Weston Bakeries Limited is part of the Weston Foods food processing operating
segment of George Weston Limited, a broadly based Canadian company with
operations in Canada and the United States. In 2002 the Weston Foods segment
attained sales of $C4.8 billion while George Weston Limited had total sales of $C27.4
billion.
In Canada George Weston Ltd. operates 39 Bakeries and 3 Dairy operations. The
Weston Foods segment is a significant participant in the North American baking
industry. It produces a range of bakery products, including breads, dough, rolls,
bagels, waffles, English muffins, doughnuts, cakes, sweet goods and crackers under
both its own brand names and for private label.
2. Main Products Produced and How They Are Packed:
Product Packaging
Bread Automatically with AMF Baggers into Poly bags
Rolls Automatically with UBE & Foremost Baggers into
Poly bags
Bagels Automatically with UBE & Foremost Baggers into
Poly bags
Sweet Baked Goods Automatically overwrapped
Tortilla’s By Hand Into Poly bags
Dairy Products
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