Naturally Splendid Enterprises Ltd presented its Plantein line of plant-based entrees at the Planted Expo at the Vancouver Convention Center last weekend and VP Bryan Carson says the company was pleased with its reception.
“The response from attendees at Planted Expo has been exceptional,” Carson said in a statement. “The company has been receiving orders online since the show started on Saturday, and we look for growth opportunities for the business everywhere.”
Planted Expo is Canada's largest plant-based event of the year, focused on consumers looking to add more plant-based choices to their daily diets, the company noted. Naturally Splendid presented eight Plantein entrees, including its plant-based burger; crispy burger; crumbed tenders, sweet Chili Tenders, nuggets, schnitzel (cutlet), garlic kiev and a phishy fillet.
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Additionally, several local independent and retail chain stores also had representatives at the Expo, the company added, and multiple retail operations have reached out to the company about listing its products.
"As we are actively working our sales efforts on food service and retail nationally, we didn't want to lose sight of creating some local excitement about our products,” Carson said. “The Greater Vancouver region has over 2.5 million consumers, and this Expo is a low-cost way to target the plant-based consumer; as part of the show, we teamed up with Directfoods.com to get our products home-delivered. With everything being local and with Directfoods.com delivery, we reduce our packaging costs significantly.
Based in Vancouver, Naturally Splendid is a plant-based food manufacturing and technology company that produces and distributes nutritious and delicious plant-based commodity products.
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