- Bioproduct and Service Finder App (GIS App)*
- Commercial Community Kitchens App (GIS App)
- Co-packer Service Finder App (GIS App)*
- Food Ingredient and Product Directory App (GIS App)*
- Manitoba Agriculture By-Product Directory (GIS App)*
Resources
Directories and Listings
Business
- Communicating with Confidence, Webinar*
- Mastering Negotiation, Webinar*
- Food Industry Glossary (PDF, 324.57 KB)
- Vetting a Service Provider for Your Food Business (PDF, 165.74 KB)*
- Tips for a Successful Business to Business (B2B) Meeting (PDF, 162 KB)*
- Scaling Your Food Business (PDF, 145 KB)*
- Insurance Requirements and Considerations for Food Processors (PDF, 558 KB)*, Webinar*
Marketing
- Retail Ready Series: What you Need to Sell your Food Product to Retail
- Eleven Things You Need to Sell Your Food Products to Grocery Stores, Webinar*
- Insider Secrets to setting Retail and Wholesale Prices for Selling to Grocery Stores, Webinar*
- How to Make a Sell Sheet for Pitching Your Food Products to Grocery Stores, Webinar*
- What is a Promotion Plan and How You Can Use This to Get Listings and Build Your Sales, Webinar*
- What to Say When a Food Buyer Tells you "No" and Tips to Make a Successful Sales Pitch, Webinar*
- New Front-of-Package Labelling Requirements in Canada - What You Need to Know, Webinar*
- QR Codes: What They Mean to your Food Business (PDF, 131.28 KB)*
- How to Build a Thriving Brand, Webinar*
- Validating Your Market. What it Means to Your Food Business (PDF, 164.96 KB)*
- Writing a Marketing Plan for Your Food Business (PDF, 860.79 KB)*
- Packaging as Part of Your Marketing Strategy (PDF, 120.7 KB)*
- Quick Pricing Tool (Microsoft Excel Interactive)
- Food Costing/Pricing/Forecasting Tool (Microsoft Excel Interactive)
- Package size impact on selling price calculator (Microsoft Excel Interactive)
- Is Your Food Company Ready for E-Commerce (PDF, 363.0 KB)*
- Choosing the Right Distributor for Your Food Product (PDF, 895.08 KB)*
- What Food Manufacturers Need to Know to Sell to the Foodservice Industry (PDF, 310.55 KB)*
- Is Certifification Important for all Businesses (PDF, 205 KB)*
- Tips for a Successful Food and Beverage Trade Show (PDF, 344 KB)*
- Trade Show Checklist for Food Businesses (PDF, 16.03 KB)
- How to Make Exhibiting at a Virtual Trade Show a Success (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Packaging and Labelling
- Food Labelling Requirements (PDF, 1.01 MB)*
- Overview of US Food Labelling Requirements (YouTube)*
- Food Packaging (PDF, 1.16 MB)*
- Sustainable Packaging. What it Means to Your Food Business (PDF, 167.24 KB)*
Food Safety
- Selecting a Food Safety Consultant (PDF, 199.07 KB)
Permits and Licences
- Understanding Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (PDF, 539.83 KB)
Operations and Processing
- Using a Commercial Community Kitchen (HTML) *
- Renting a Commercial Community Kitchen - a Checklist (PDF, 470.92 KB) *
- Using a Co-Packer - Contract Manufacturing (PDF, 360.18 KB) *
- Becoming a Co-Packer (PDF, 172.11 KB) *
- What Type of Food Processing Facility is Right for You - 6 part video series *
- Using Commercial Community Kitchens
- Austin Commercial Community Kitchen *
- Kitchen Sync Commercial Community Kitchen *
- Entrepreneur Perspective - Smak Dab Gourmet Mustard *
- Using a Contract Manufacturer or Co-Packer
Labour and Immigration
- Human Resources for Food Manufacturers (PDF, 1.06 MB) *
Trade
- Export Quiz: Are you ready? (HTML)
- Understanding CUSMA Compliance (HTML)
- How BDC can support Your Market Expansion Plan, Webinar *
- Preparing for tariff impacts that go beyond the bottom line, MNP webinar
- Logistics and Fulfillment Within Canada (PDF, 333.99 KB) *
- Expanding Beyond Manitoba: Logistics and Fulfillment Within Canada, Webinar *
- Food Labelling Requirements in Mexico (PDF, 2.65 MB), Webinar
- Overview of Mexico's Agri-food Sector (PDF, 1.40 MB)
- Mexican Import Regulations for Food Products 9PDF, 1.85 MB)
- Shipping Samples to Mexico (PDF, 888 KB)
- Make the Most of Your Buyers Meeting in Mexico (PDF, 2.56 MB), Webinar
- Exporting to Mexico - A Guide for Canadian Food and Beverage Processors , Webinar
- Consolidator Services for Agri-Food and Perishables (PDF, 771.30 KB)
- Getting Ready to Export Your Food Product (PDF, 399.38 KB)
- Getting Ready to Interprovincially Trade your Food Product (PDF, 493.09 KB) *
- Exporting to the United States - A Guide for Canadian Businesses (HTML)
- Selling via E-Commerce in the United States (HTML)
Industry Trends
- Cannabis Edibles, Extracts and Topicals (PDF, 74.29 KB)
- Manitoba Protein Advantage (HTML)
Sustainability
- Sustainability 101 - What it Means to Your Food Business (PDF, 591 KB) *
- Canada's National Index on Agri-Food Performance (HTML)
- Sustainability Initiatives in the Agri-Food Sector (PDF)
- Sustainability Certification Bodies (HTML)
- Sustainability in Manitoba's Protein Industry (HTML)
- The Sustainability Conviction. The Future of Food: A Canadian Perspective (HTML)
- A Transformation in Progress - a BDC Survey on How Canadian Entrepreneurs are Taking on the Environmental Challenge (HTML)
- B Impact Assessment - a free B-Corp assessment tool (HTML)
- Sustainable Agri-Processing Program - Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (HTML)
*Version française disponible sur demande. Veuillez envoyer un courriel à l’adresse mbagrifood@gov.mb.ca
