Funn Food Factory Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · St. John's|St. John's, NL · grants and contributions register · St. John's South–Mount Pearl

Funn Food Factory Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 24 agreements; $1.4M value; 2 departments; 8 programs.

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24agreements
$1.4Mvalue
2departments
8programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$100Kvalue2012start–end
193963$99.2Kvalue2008start2010end

Upgrade snack production facilities

Redesign of Plant Layout and Manufacturing Process$90.6Kvalue2018start2020end

The purpose of this project to redesign the entire food production facility to minimize cross contamination, incorporate new automation and transfer systems, to optimize space and reduces travel and energy costs.

213827$88.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Undertake product development and acquire new technology to accelerate growth

220950$86.2Kvalue2022start2026end

Acquire packaging technology for newly developed value added products

196736$78.2Kvalue2010start2010end

Expand an existing snack-making operation

Optimization of Bakery Processes and Operations$75.0Kvalue2022start2023end

In this project, new manufacturing processes will be designed, tested, and optimized to meet the needs of the growing manufacturing needs.

Development of a New Airline Supply Process$75.0Kvalue2024start2025end

With the growth into the airline supply business, Funn Food plans to develop a new food manufacturing and delivery system to meet the variable airline supply needs.

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201010$72.0Kvalue2012start2014end

Develop and test a new line of snack products

Agreement$71.1Kvalue2012start–end
215597$68.0Kvalue2020start2020end

Provide assistance to mitigate impacts of Covid-19

220950$57.5Kvalue2022start2022end

Acquire packaging technology for newly developed value added products

193828$50.0Kvalue2008start2010end

Hire an individual to secure HACCP certification

212023$50.0Kvalue2018start2020end

Hire Quality Assurance Co-ordinator

215377$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Enhance management capabilities to support growth and achieve operational efficiencies.

220462$50.0Kvalue2022start2023end

Acquire a Product Development specialist to support growth and expansion

Agreement$47.7Kvalue2015start–end
190715$47.2Kvalue2006start2007end

Establish productivity and quality improvements

Develop and Test a Web-based Ordering System$40.0Kvalue2022start2022end

In this project, a new ordering system will be developed, integrated, and tested between customers and production that will be paperless.

Agreement$37.5Kvalue2014start–end
Agreement$37.2Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$29.0Kvalue2015start–end
Youth-Green - Paper Use Reduction Investigation$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Investigate solutions to reduce or eliminate the use of paper throughout the facility.

Update Production Processes and Technology$0value2021start2022end

The plan for this project is to hire youth with a technical background to help lead process improvement and implementation of new technologies to grow the company coming out of the pandemic.

Departments

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency12agreements$796Kvalue5programs
  • Business Development Program
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
  • REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

National Research Council Canada12agreements$613Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20241agreements$75.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20225agreements$309Kvalue4programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
20211agreements$0value1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20202agreements$118Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
20191agreements$88.0Kvalue1programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
20183agreements$151Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20161agreements$37.2Kvalue0programs
    20152agreements$76.7Kvalue0programs
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      20141agreements$37.5Kvalue0programs
        20123agreements$243Kvalue1programs
        • Business Development Program
        20101agreements$78.2Kvalue1programs
        • Business Development Program
        20082agreements$149Kvalue2programs
        • Business Development Program
        • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
        20061agreements$47.2Kvalue1programs
        • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills

        Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.