Gay Lea Foods invests $200M to expand Toronto dairy facility

 Gay Lea Foods Co-operative has announced an investment of more than $200 million to expand its Clayson Road dairy manufacturing facility in Toronto, with the aim of addressing a national cottage cheese shortage and growing its high-protein dairy product range, the company announced.

The expansion is the first major milestone in Gay Lea Foods' approximately $450 million Network for Growth strategy, a multi-year programme to modernise its Canadian manufacturing network. The project is expected to be complete in 2028 and will create up to 75 new positions at the facility.

"This investment reflects our confidence in the future of Canadian dairy and in Gay Lea Foods' role in helping shape it," said Suzanna Dalrymple, president and CEO of Gay Lea Foods. "That future will be built on Canadian dairy farms and in modern processing facilities equipped to respond to evolving consumer preferences."

Gay Lea Foods is a farmer-owned co-operative with approximately 1,200 dairy farmer members in Ontario and Manitoba.