The father-daughter duo, Gérald Le Gal and Ariane Paré-Le Gal, has just launched a second book on wild harvesting! A true pioneer, Gourmet sauvage is a company that specializes in the harvesting and transformation of wild edible products. When it was founded in 1993 in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré in the Laurentians, Gérald Le Gal's [...]
The century-old family business Vitamix, a benchmark in food blenders, has just appointed for the first time a non-family CEO! Vitamix is a century-old American family business founded in 1921 by William Grover Barnard and headquartered in Olmsted, Ohio. While in the early days ‘Papa’ Barnard traveled the country selling modern kitchen [...]
Groupe Bellemare, a family business specializing in transportation and construction services, was at the center of a major operation for the REM in Montreal! Groupe Bellemare, a jewel in the crown of Quebec's economy located in the Mauricie region, has strong entrepreneurial family roots dating back to 1935 when Nérée Bellemare founded [...]
Danish family-owned hygge lifestyle retail chain Søstrene Grene is undergoing a digital transformation! Do you know the meaning of the word hygge? It is a typically Danish way of life that helps you stay positive during the long winters and promotes a sense of well-being by creating a warm and friendly atmosphere. [...]
Brigitte Jalbert, CEO of the family-owned packaging distributor Carrousel Packaging has just published a biography! Carrousel Packaging is Canada's leading distributor of packaging products. Founded in 1971 in Boucherville by Denis Jalbert, the family business offered packaging products to butchers and bakers. During its 50-year history, Carrousel Packaging has experienced significant growth [...]
Pizza Salvatoré, a Quebec-based family pizza chain, is expanding across Canada! Nowadays, pizza is one of the most popular dishes in the world. In 1964, when the couple Angèle Fecteau, from Chaudière-Appalaches, and Salvatore Abbatiello, originally from the province of Benevento in Italy, founded their first pizzeria in Saint-Georges de Beauce, they [...]
From left to right: Linda Rouleau, Audrey-Anne Cyr, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, Danny Miller, Robert Nason and Thorsten M. Pieper The Chair of Succession and Family Enterprise warmly congratulates Audrey-Anne Cyr who successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled: Relational Modes of Management in Family Business: Relational Plurality, Configuration and Embedding, on February 14, [...]
Since 1691, the Belgian family business Cinoco has managed to stay at the top of the wine and spirits industry! Thanks to eleven generations of Nolet, Cinoco is a worldwide reference in the wine and spirits industry and one of the key players in this sector in Belgium and Luxembourg. Today known [...]
The family-owned SME Laflamme Aero is about to market the largest civilian drone in the world! Laflamme Aero, located in Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, is driven by Réjean Laflamme's entrepreneurial spirit and passion for aviation, two qualities that he passed on to his sons David and Enrick at an early age. [...]
Boplaas 1743, a farmyard named a South African National Monument, is the oldest family business in its country! Founded in 1743 by Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe, Boplaas 1743 is the oldest family business in South Africa. Located in the Western Cape Province in the heart of the Koue Bokkeveld mountain range, [...]