Ontario’s provincial government will put up $2.5 million for a major B.C. frozen dessert maker to build a new plant at London, Ont. with help from the provincial wheat growers’ board.
The Original Cakerie, which bills itself as Canada’s largest privately owned dessert company, expects to complete its new plant by January next year, employing up to 400 people and sourcing its flour, dairy and egg ingredients in Ontario, the province said in a release Friday.
The Victoria company makes layer cakes, dessert cakes and dessert
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Its 125,000 square-foot plant will go on 22 acres in London’s Innovation Park, where the company expects to spend $30 million a year in agricultural inputs (flour, eggs,
cream, fruit, and sweeteners) from Ontario “and this number is expected to grow
annually,” the province said.
Described as a “partner” in the project, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board is to provide technical and research and development expertise and will contribute $60,000 in eligible in-kind products and/or services toward the plant, the province said.
The province’s $2.5 million is to come through its Rural Economic Development (RED) program.
