Ontario Construction News staff writer
Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee has announced a $33.4 million expansion to increase production at the Mississauga plant.
โLocal manufacturers, like Mother Parkers, are at the heart of communities across the province, creating good-paying jobs for local families and attracting more investments,โ said Vic Fedeli, minister of economic development. โWeโre proud to support this homegrown success story.โ
The company will add a new cold coffee and tea extracts manufacturing facility next existing facilities to build a new product line. The Ontario government is providing $5 million through the provinceโs regional development program.
Mother Parkers is a fourth-generation family-owned manufacturer and supplier and a true Ontario success story. Over the last century, Mother Parkers has grown from a small wholesale grocery distributor in Toronto into a global tea and coffee company, manufacturing private label products for some of the worldโs largest retailers and restaurant chains, as well as its own brands.
“We are very pleased to have the Ontario governmentโs investment as Mother Parkers continues to expand our Mississauga campus and grow our contributions to the regional economy,” company president Fred Schaeffer said in a statement. “The support we’ve received is helping us to move quickly to compete in one of North Americaโs fastest-growing beverage categories.”
Ontario is investing more than $100 million from 2019 to 2023 to strengthen advanced manufacturing sectors in regions across the province. The program provides cost-shared funding to businesses, municipalities and economic development organizations to help local communities attract investment, diversify their economies, and create jobs.
To date, Ontario has provided companies with $74 million in support through the Regional Development Program. This funding leverages $804 million in investments for 71 projects, helping to create more than 1,425 jobs in the province.
“Mississauga is better off thanks to the hard work and talent of family-owned Canadian businesses like Mother Parkers,โ said Sheref Sabawy, Mississauga-Erin Mills MPP. It’s rewarding to hear that through the Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness stream, our government’s investments in economic development and job creation are paying off.”