Why A Canadian Flower Exporter Is Limiting Growth In US
November 12, 2018 | 1 min to read
Jeffery’s Greenhouses, a third-generation flower grower and plant supplier in St. Catharines, Ont., exports 30 per cent of its products annually to the United States. So the company was watching the recent North American free-trade talks with concern. But even now that the deal has been concluded, the company is not resting on its laurels.
The flower grower exports its potted plants – hydrangeas, cyclamens, potted mums and poinsettias – to 29 Home Depot stores in Western New York. In Ontario, it sells its flowers in 55 of the home improvement stores.
“We’ve been selling to Home Depot for the past 20 years,” says Rodd Gibson, general manager. “We started with a few stores in Buffalo and steadily expanded.”
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