Kingsville, ON – Mastronardi Produce is again being honored as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in 2019, retaining their prestigious Platinum Club status among Canada’s business elite. This marks the 10th year Mastronardi Produce has received this esteemed designation.
“Winning this award for the 10th year in a row is a great honor and illustrates the depth of our team’s commitment to providing the very best fresh, flavorful produce,” says Paul Mastronardi, President and CEO of Mastronardi Produce, and the fourth-generation family member to lead the organization. “I am so proud to lead such a hard-working group of individuals who feel as passionately as I do about our collective mission: inspiring healthy living through WOW flavor experiences.”
“This year’s Best Managed winners are a testament to the success found when businesses invest in talent, innovate intentionally, and think long-term,” said Peter Brown, Partner, Deloitte Private and Co-Leader, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. “These companies should be proud of this achievement, and their responsibility in acting as role models for other Canadian businesses.”
Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business award programs, recognizing best-in-class Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $15 million.
About Canada’s Best Managed Companies
Canada’s Best Managed Companies continues to be the mark of excellence for Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $15 million. Every year since the launch of the program in 1993, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. The awards are granted on four levels: 1) Canada’s Best Managed Companies new winner (one of the new winners selected each year); 2) Canada’s Best Managed Companies winner (award recipients that have reapplied and successfully retained their Best Managed designation for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review); 3) Gold Standard winner (after three consecutive years of maintaining their Best Managed status, these winners have demonstrated their commitment to the program and successfully retained their award for 4-6 consecutive years); 4) Platinum Club member (winners that have maintained their Best Managed status for seven years or more). Program sponsors are Deloitte Private, CIBC, Canadian Business, Smith School of Business, and TMX Group. For more information, visit www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca
About Mastronardi Produce®
A pioneer and industry leader in the gourmet greenhouse industry, Mastronardi Produce grows and markets nationally recognized products under the SUNSET® brand, including Campari® , Angel Sweet® , and Flavor Bombs® tomatoes. Family-owned for over 60 years, Mastronardi Produce prides itself on producing consistently flavorful gourmet tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and berries
