2008 Consumer Products Award
Donald's Fine Foods is an expanding specialty meat procurement, processing, and distribution company providing quality meat products and services to customers in the British Columbia, Western Canadian, and International markets. As a part of the company's active plan for growth, significant investments were made to "state of the art" meat distribution and processing operation, plant services, and administrative offices.
Finalist: Coastal Contact, Inc.
Coastal Contact, Inc. is the premier online retailer of contact lenses, eyeglasses and other related vision care products. Shipping to over 150 countries worldwide, Coastal is a truly global company with 70% of products shipped outside of Canada. The company's success arose from their dedication to overcome different regulations on contact lens prescriptions, trade barriers and supplier obstacles, and language and cultural restrictions.
Finalist: Swagman Bike Racks
Swagman Bike Racks manufactures the most comprehensive range of bicycle carriers in the hitch rack market. With over 90 different carriers, the company is the originator of the receiver installed bike racks. At the innovative edge, the company's' products have had over 20 in-line changes in the past two years alone, making Swagman the number one choice of bicycle carriers for every application.