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Monday, January 22, 2007

New jobs for St Marys

Renee's Gourmet FoodsRichardson Foods is expanding its James Street South plant by more than a third with a 63,000 sq. ft. addition to the west side of the building. Once completed 20 to 30 new jobs will be added to the existing 200-member workforce.

Richardson, a division of H.J. Heinz, produces salad dressings, sauces and dessert toppings under private and brand labels for restaurants and food-service distributors. The expansion will accommodate the transfer from Toronto to St Marys of product lines from another H.J. Heinz company Renee's Gourmet Foods. Renee's produces salad dressings and sauces under its own brand name and as well it is Canadian producer of A1 Steak Sauce.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

New DaimlerChrysler Dealer

Monday Phil West announced that next fall he would open a DaimlerChrysler dealership in St Marys. The new building will be located on vacant land next to Downtown Pontiac Buick. In 1996 owner Chris West, Phil's father, moved Downtown Pontiac Buick to its current location at 449 Queen St W from its downtown location at what is now Tim Hortons.

The area has not had a Chrysler dealer since Kalbfleish Bros in Stratford closed last year.

In 2006 Chrysler sales in Canada were up slightly. They had no new vehicles last year but for 2007 they will introduce their revamped Town and Country minivan to be built in Windsor, Ontario.