Mars Canada
{{Short description|Canadian subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Mars Canada Limited
|logo = Mars Incorporated 2019 logo.svg
|type = Private
|company_slogan =
|foundation = 1940
|location = Bolton, Ontario, Canada
|key_people = Frank C. Mars (founder)
John Mars (chairman)
Mars family (owners)
|num_employees = 39,000 (2005)[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/40/40297.html Mars, Incorporated Company Profile - Yahoo! Finance]
|industry = Confectionery manufacturing
|parent = Mars, Incorporated
|products = Mars Bar{{·}} M&M's{{·}} Snickers ...
|revenue = US$18 billion (2005)
|homepage = [http://www.mars.com/canada Mars Canada]
}}
Mars Canada Ltd is the Canadian division of Mars, Incorporated, a privately held multi-national company and a world leader in food, pet care products, and confectionery products.
Company history
The Canadian division began its operation in the late 1940s as a branch of Uncle Ben's Inc. In 1967, the first Canadian office was opened in Montreal, moving to Toronto in 1972. In 1974, the branch was replaced by a Canadian limited company and named Effem Foods Ltd.,[https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/viewTrademark?id=0396491&lang=eng&tab=reg Canadian Trademarks Database registration file] which was named after the original founder Frank, his wife Ethel, and their son Forrest E. Mars. In 1998, the company was renamed Effem Inc. The current name began use in 2007. In that same year, Effem was selected as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluta.ca/einfo?en=Effem+Inc.&ri=8c9daf98029349a24c923e6e7183a681&rk=6d454f111e0c0eae31296c61ddbc7e30|title=Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers}}
Office locations
Mars Canada's National Office is located in Bolton, Ontario, 20 minutes north of Pearson International Airport.
Also located in Bolton is the petfood manufacturing facility and the food manufacturing facility.
The confectionery manufacturing facility is located in Newmarket, Ontario, 40 minutes north-east of the National Office.
Products
The Mars portfolio has five of the world's leading confectionery brands, including the Mars Bar, Snickers Bar, Skittles and Twix Cookie Bars, and the world's single largest candy brand, M&M's Chocolate Candies.
Canadian brands:
Food
Confectionery products
Pet food
- Pedigree Petfoods (#1 brand in Canada){{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
- Whiskas' (#1 brand in Canada){{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
- Cesar
- Sheba
- Temptations
External links
- [http://www.mars.com/ World Head Office Official site]
- [http://www.mars.com/canada Mars Canada]
- [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/40/40297.html Company profile] from Yahoo!
Notes and references
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Category:Food and drink companies established in 1940
Category:Canadian chocolate companies
Category:Companies based in Caledon, Ontario
Category:Food and drink companies of Canada
Category:Privately held companies of Canada
Category:1940 establishments in Ontario