Highbury-Canco Signs Deals With Growers
April 30, 2014 11:14am
The company set to take over operations at Heinz in Leamington has signed contracts with tomato growers.
According to sources close to the industry, a total of ten growers have signed deals with Highbury-Canco. Five of those growers are in Chatham-Kent, four in Leamington and one near Harrow. That’s a significant drop from the 43 that were under contract with Heinz.
The company will purchase a total of 40,000 tons of tomatoes, down from over 200,000 tons received by Heinz last year.
Highbury-Canco will produce tomato juice at the plant for Heinz, but the ketchup and paste lines will be shut down.