Awards Archive

Bimbo Canada won two 2023 Clean50 awards. The company won a national award for transitioning from plastic bread bag closures to compostable cardboard clips and Jeff Robertson won a 2023 Clean50 Emerging Leader award.  

The Clean50 Emerging Leaders are selected from amongst those 35 or under, whose contribution is outsized compared to their age, and otherwise based on essentially the same criteria as the Individual Clean50 awards. 

Oroweat and Bon Matin Keto Tortillas won the 2023 Best New Product awards in the Specialty Tortilla category, as voted on by Canadian consumers. 

Dempster’s Zero Zero Bread won the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards won in the Bakery Fresh category. 

Bimbo Canada was named one of Canada's Best Employers in 2023 by Forbes. This tremendous honour recognizes our commitment to creating an outstanding workplace for our associates. 

Congratulations to Jeff Robertson for winning an Environmental Professionals Award from Eco Impact.  

This award honours esteemed Environmental Professionals (EP®) who have made significant impacts through their work, research, advocacy, or policy development Congratulations to Jeff on receiving this distinction from Canadian Grocer magazine.  

Congratulations to Jeff on receiving this distinction.  

Congratulations to Shukri Abdulle who was named a 2023 Report on Business magazine Changemaker. 

Changemakers is an editorial award program produced by Report on Business magazine at The Globe and Mail. This program celebrates emerging business leaders who are making a difference in their industry with their ideas, accomplishments, and impact.  

Shukri was one of 50 winners of the 2023 Changemakers award. 

Congratulations to Jeff Robertson for being recognized as one of Canadian Grocer’s Generation Next winners in 2023.  

 The award recognizes rising stars in the grocery industry under the age of 40 who are innovative, excel at what they do and demonstrate a commitment to the industry.   

Congratulations to Jeff on receiving this distinction from Canadian Grocer magazine.  

Bimbo Canada won the Payworks award for best corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy at the 2023 Canadian HR awards. 

The award recognizes how Bimbo Canada has embedded corporate social responsibility into its culture, in particular through our people and the role our people have played in the strategy and execution of CSR initiatives. 

Bimbo Canada is the proud winner of two 2023 Canadian Grocer Impact Awards for Sustainability and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Canadian Grocer Impact Awards recognize initiatives introduced by retailers, suppliers and solution providers that are making a meaningful difference in a range of areas from helping the planet to supporting employees and communities. 

We won the Impact Award for Sustainability for being the first national bakery company to transition from plastic bread bag closures to recyclable and municipally compostable cardboard clips which reduces our plastic use by approximately 200 metric tonnes annually. This initiative is a good example of how small things add up to big things. And, we are not stopping there. By 2025, 100% of our packaging will support a circular economy through being reusable, recyclable, biodegradable or compostable. 

We won the Impact Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our reconciliation work. In May 2021, the discovery of mass, unmarked graves at a location that was previously an Indian residential school hit the news. Following this discovery, our associates made it loud and clear that this was an important issue. Since then, we have taken action to create a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong. In partnership with the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, we have four Legacy Spaces to build cultural understanding, connections and a path to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Additionally, all associates have access to Indigenous Cultural Competency Training and opportunities to participate in initiatives that support our diversity, equity, and inclusion journey. 

Congratulations to Leslee Wills for winning a 2023 Star Women in Grocery Award from Canadian Grocer.   

Canadian Grocer’s annual Star Women in Grocery Awards honours the achievements, influence, innovation and leadership of women in the Canadian grocery industry.  

At Bimbo Canada, safety and wellness is prioritized over everything else. This award recognizes our ongoing efforts to create a physically and psychologically safe workplace that is flexible and offers our associates many opportunities for engagement. 
 
Our people are much more than just associates and their lives encompass more than just work. We are committed to Nourishing A Better World together and fostering an environment where everyone feels like they belong. 

Congratulations to Sylvia Sicuso for winning a 2022 Star Women in Grocery Award from Canadian Grocer.  

Canadian Grocer’s annual Star Women in Grocery Awards honours the achievements, influence, innovation and leadership of women in the Canadian grocery industry. 

Bimbo Canada won two Communitas Awards in the categories of Excellence in Community Service for our Good Neighbour Program and Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility in the area of Ethical And Environmental Responsibility. 

The Communitas Award recognizes exceptional businesses, organizations, and individuals who are unselfishly giving of themselves and their resources, and those who are changing how they do business to benefit their communities.  

Bimbo Canada was selected as a recipient of the awards for exhibiting the spirit of communitas, a Latin word that means coming together for the good of a community.  We join other winners recognized for specific programs involving volunteerism, philanthropy and ethical, sustainable business practices.  

Bimbo Canada is a proud recipient of the 2022 Enel Sustainable Footprint Award. This award is recognition of our exceptional contribution to supporting a stronger, more resilient, and more sustainable energy grid.  

Marcin Krzyzanowski, Director, Supply Chain for Ontario, has been recognized as one of Canadian Grocer’s Generation Next winners. The award recognizes rising stars in the grocery industry under the age of 40 who are innovative, excel at what they do and demonstrate a commitment to the industry. 

Marcin was selected for his passion, along with his strong leadership and change management skills. Despite the challenges imposed on our manufacturing and logistics capabilities during the last two years, his ability to bring together cross-functional stakeholders, react quickly to market demands and keep costs in check helped us to achieve success and ensure that our customers had the best assortment of delicious and nutritious baked goods and snacks on their shelves, available for all Canadians to enjoy. 

Congratulations to Marcin on receiving this distinction from Canadian Grocer magazine and we thank him deeply for his outstanding leadership and commitment to our associates, customers and consumers.   

Sylvia Sicuso, Director of Communications, has been selected as a Finalist for the dentsu Award for Best HR Communications Strategy in the 8th annual Canadian HR Awards, the leading independent awards event for the HR profession in Canada.  

Sylvia was selected for her work in leading Bimbo Canada’s COVID-19 response communications strategy. She has been instrumental in ensuring associates felt informed, calm and safe during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and throughout the past 15 months. Congratulations, Sylvia! 

Congratulations to Wendy Outram for winning a 2021 Star Women in Grocery Award from Canadian Grocer.  

Canadian Grocer’s annual Star Women in Grocery Awards honours the achievements, influence, innovation and leadership of women in the Canadian grocery industry. 

Congratulations to Lynn Langrock for being recognized as one of Canada’s Best Executives by the Report on Business Magazine for her leadership throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.   

Canada’s Best Executive Awards celebrates exceptional leaders at the SVP, EVP and C-Suite levels from five functional job categories – Finance, Human Resources and Culture, Operations, Sales and Marketing and Technology.    

Congratulations to Marie-Ève Royer for winning a 2020 Star Women in Grocery Award from Canadian Grocer.  

Canadian Grocer’s annual Star Women in Grocery Awards honours the achievements, influence, innovation and leadership of women in the Canadian grocery industry.