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FGF Brands

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Wonder, D'Italiano, Country Harvest, ACE Bakery and Stonefire.

Toronto, ON CA · www.fgfbrands.com

Found at Giant Tiger
84.1

FGF Brands is a privately held, Ajmera family bakery headquartered in Toronto, owner of Stonefire, ACE Bakery, Simple Joys and Santosh, which acquired George Weston's Wonder, D'Italiano, Country Harvest and Gadoua bakery brands in 2022 through its Wonderbrands affiliate. Wonderbrands runs 13 Canadian bakeries for that portfolio, and FGF's own Stonefire and ACE Bakery lines list a Toronto plant address, with a smaller share tied to FGF's Texas facility. Wheat flour, the dominant ingredient, is Canadian by the vendor's own account.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

FGF's own leadership page credits its founder ('our father') and its federal forced-labour supply-chain statement is signed by Ojus Ajmera as Co-Chief Executive Officer; LinkedIn lists the company as privately held and headquartered in Toronto. A Corporations Canada federal search for 'FGF' returned no results, consistent with an Ontario-incorporated, not federal, private company; the Ontario registry itself is blocked to automation, so no minority or outside stake could be checked.

Manufacturing

80.5 reported

CA 85% · US 15%

Wonder, D'Italiano, Country Harvest and Gadoua, acquired from George Weston's Weston Bakeries division in 2022, are made by FGF's Wonderbrands affiliate, which describes 13 bakeries and team members 'from across Canada'; Country Harvest's own site says it is baked in Canada. FGF's own Stonefire and ACE Bakery lines list FGF Brands Inc.'s Toronto address (1295 Ormont Drive) as the maker, while FGF's forced-labour filing and a 2018 company news post describe an added production footprint in San Antonio, Texas. The split is our estimate weighted toward the larger Wonderbrands portfolio; we could not confirm the Alabama or Florida plants mentioned in trade coverage, or whether they supply the Canadian shelf.

People

80.5 reported

CA 85% · US 15%

Wonderbrands says its roughly 2,000 team members work 'from across Canada,' and FGF's forced-labour filing centralizes its supply chain and procurement team at its North York, Toronto site. LinkedIn lists FGF Brands as 1,001-5,000 employees headquartered in Toronto with 'Innovation Campuses in Canada and USA,' so a smaller US share is carried for the Texas facility.

Inputs

59.0 reported

CA 55% · other 35% · US 10%

Country Harvest's own site advertises 'Canadian wheat flour' and Wonder's whole wheat bread lists wheat flour first on its ingredient panel, the dominant input across the bread portfolio. FGF's forced-labour filing says it sources materials from countries worldwide with most suppliers in North America; sugar, vegetable oil and some packaging are typically imported for this category, so a meaningful OTHER share is carried for those. The exact split is our estimate, not a published number.

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