Leclerc

Biscuits Leclerc Ltd is wholly owned by Groupe Biscuits Leclerc Inc., both incorporated in Quebec and headquartered in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, per the company's federal forced and child labour report certified by Denis Leclerc, Director and President. The vendor's own history page and Wikipedia describe it as a fifth-generation family business founded by François Leclerc in 1905, and no foreign parent or private-equity stake was found.

• Report on Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labor, FY2024 – Leclerc filing “Biscuits Leclerc Ltd, a corporation incorporated in the province of Quebec, is wholly owned by Groupe Biscuits Leclerc Inc., a holding company also incorporated in Quebec.”
• Corporate Citizen - Leclerc vendor_statement “MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT”
• Biscuits Leclerc — Wikipédia other “est une entreprise privée québécoise agroalimentaire spécialisée dans la fabrication de biscuits”

Leclerc operates eight plants: five in Quebec and Ontario (two in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, plus Hawkesbury, Cornwall and Brockville, Ontario) and three in the United States (Montgomery, Pennsylvania and two in Kingsport, Tennessee). No plant in Phoenix, Arizona was found on the vendor's own facility list or in Wikipedia's corroborating account; the mix weights the confirmed 5:3 Canada-to-US facility split.

• About us - Leclerc vendor_statement “Our cookies, snack bars, and crackers are made with care in eight facilities in Canada and the United States.”
• Report on Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labor, FY2024 – Leclerc filing “Biscuits Leclerc operates five manufacturing plants in Quebec and Ontario. Three other plants are operated in the United States by US entities, while the UK entity acts as a distributor.”
• Biscuits Leclerc — Wikipédia other “cinq au Canada (deux à St-Augustin-de-Desmaures près de Québec et trois à Hawkesbury, Cornwall et Brockville, en Ontario) et trois aux États-Unis (une à Williamsport, PA et deux à Kingsport, TN)”

The company's fiscal 2024 forced and child labour report states Leclerc employs more than 1,800 people including more than 1,000 in Canada, with three plants operated by US entities and a UK entity that only distributes. The Canada/US split follows the confirmed headcounts and plant counts; the small UK distribution office takes a minor EU share.

• Report on Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labor, FY2024 – Leclerc filing “Leclerc employs more than 1,800 people, including more than 1,000 in Canada.”
• About us - Leclerc vendor_statement “91/95 DE ROTTERDAM, PARC INDUSTRIEL FRANÇOIS LECLERC, SAINT-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES, QUÉBEC, CANADA, G3A 1T1”

The company's forced and child labour report names flour, sugar, oats, fruit fillings, nuts, cocoa and oils as its main ingredients, and singles out cocoa, sugar and palm oil as higher-risk items sourced from outside North America. No source found stated the origin of the flour, oats or dairy that run through the Célébration and Tradition lines, so their Canadian share is inferred from Canada's wheat, oat and supply-managed dairy production; a smaller US share covers nuts and the US portion of packaging raw materials the same filing describes.

• Report on Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labor, FY2024 – Leclerc filing “we have identified cocoa, sugar, and palm oil as being at higher risk given their origin in countries where socio-political issues, culture, and working conditions differ from those in the United States”
• Report on Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labor, FY2024 – Leclerc filing “The ingredients used in the manufacture of our cookies, snack bars, and crackers include flour, sugar, oats, fruit fillings, nuts, cocoa and oils.”