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Grosche

Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Ontario

Cambridge, Ontario maker of coffee and tea brewing gear and drinkware, family owned since 2006, designed in Canada and manufactured at contract factories in Taiwan and China, sold direct and through Amazon.ca and Walmart.ca.

Cambridge, ON CA · grosche.ca

60.9

Grosche is the brand of Grosche International Inc., a Cambridge, Ontario company started in a basement in 2006 and controlled by three individuals with significant control, all with Waterloo Region, Ontario addresses. Its coffee and tea brewing gear and drinkware is designed in Canada and manufactured at contract factories in Taiwan and China, and it ships from warehouses in Cambridge and the United States. It sells direct online and through its own storefronts on Amazon.ca and Walmart.ca.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register lists three individuals, Mehreen Sait, Helmi Ansari, and Rehana Ansari, each holding at least 25 percent of the shares directly since 2010, all with Kitchener, Ontario addresses. A caption on the vendor's own site credits Helmi and Mehreen as co-founders, and no acquisition, parent, or outside investor turned up in searches.

Manufacturing

20.0 reported

other 100%

The vendor states it designs all products in its design studio in Canada and works with its factories in Asia, including Taiwan and China, to manufacture them under its specifications. No Canadian or other manufacturing location is disclosed, so the full Asia allocation rests on the vendor's own statement rather than an independent factory audit.

People

80.5 reported

CA 85% · US 15%

Corporations Canada's registered office and all three individuals with significant control sit in Cambridge and Kitchener, Ontario, in the Waterloo Region, confirming a Canadian head office. The vendor also says it ships from a warehouse in Cambridge, Ontario, or a warehouse in the United States, so some fulfillment staff are assumed to be American; the split is an estimate weighted toward the Canadian head office.

Inputs

25.5 inferred

CA 10% · other 85% · US 5%

The vendor does not disclose where the glass, steel, or plastic components in its drinkware come from, so with manufacturing entirely in Taiwan and China those materials are assumed to be sourced regionally in Asia. Its coffee beans come mostly from Latin America and Africa with some from Hawaii, and the storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform, so the split is an estimate.

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