Billy Bee Honey Falls Into U.S. Hands

McCormick issued a statement Thursday describing its heft in the Canadian market: * Its Billy Bee and Doyon brands (the latter marketed in Quebec) share 60 per cent of branded honey sales in Canada. * It supplies half of the private-label honey sold by Canadian retailers. * It supplies an estimated 50 per cent of the honey used as an ingredient in Canadian food manufacturing. * It has developed new products using honey, including mustard, sauces and salad dressings. * It has about 40 employees and annual sales of about $37 million. "This is a terrific complement to our savory products in Canada and a great extension of the sweet products we currently market in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region," McCormick president Alan Wilson said in the statement. ... http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/02/21/billy-bee.html

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