Camino – Stories Worth Telling
Camino Chocolate & Baking Products
Deliciously Fair, Organically Yours!
"Canadian consumers should understand that their purchases not only benefit producers of fair trade products but ripple outward to include entire communities and can even have an impact on the economy of the country." Santiago Paz, General Manager of Norandino (Cooperative Partner in Peru).
Camino - Fast Facts
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Your name: La Siembra Co-operative
Year the company was started: 1999
Where are the products made: Cocoa grown in Peru and Dominican Republic, Sugar grown in Paraguay, Chocolates made in Switzerland, Peru and Ontario, and Distributed from Ottawa.
What is the ‘key ingredient’ that makes your product line special? Fair Trade with Democratically Organized Farmer Cooperatives. |
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Exploring the Vision and Core Value of Camino
LCG Foods engaged in a discussion with the La Siembra Co-operative, to explore the brand's vision, core values, and other key topics that potential retail partners would find valuable. This conversation provides insights into what drives Camino and its commitment to delivering quality products.
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What motivated you to start your company and create the products that we see today? We established our organization La Siembra as a worker co-operative back in 1999. Our co-op became the first registered importers of Fairtrade Certified cocoa and sugar in North America and today we work with 25 producer co-ops, supporting more than 47,500 family farmers in 14 countries.
What are your company’s core values? Democratic supply chains where the farmers and workers participate as co-owners.
If you could tell a retailer three things about what makes your brand different, what would they be?
What are some challenges you've had to overcome to bring your business to its current state? Corporate retailers with predatory payment practices.
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Why LCG Foods?
If you own or manage a health food store, you know it’s hard work to maintain a successful business. From developing customer loyalty, to managing costs, to staying competitive with the big grocery store down the street, we get that you want your suppliers to work as hard as you do.
At LCG Foods Distribution, we carefully curate a lean wholesale catalog of only the hottest natural food products, with new product launches every few weeks. Whether your store values organic, non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, or keto, we have the products your customers are looking for, before they know they’re looking for them.
We offer straightforward, no-nonsense pricing, and ordering can be done easily online, by email, or over the phone with your account manager. All orders are processed on-demand from our distribution centres in Ontario and British Columbia, with Canada-wide service.
Get started today by browsing all the Camino products!, or take a look at our full product offering, then, if you'd like to explore wholesale pricing for your business, simply complete the form below and an LCG Foods representative will get in touch with you within 2-4 hours during the work week.
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