The FBA Awards celebrates Atlantic Canada's leaders in the Food and Beverage Industry.
This year’s conference is the launch of the first ever FBA Industry Awards! This will become an annual award ceremony where some of our superstar member companies will be recognized for their incredible accomplishments in brand, innovation and growth.
The FBA Awards will be celebrated during the FBA Conference on November 24, 2022.
Food and Beverage Atlantic Annual Conference and Inaugural Awards Ceremony
Moncton, NB – November 24th, 2022, Food and Beverage Atlantic hosted it’s 2022 Annual Industry Conference, that boasted a stellar line up of keynote presentations, industry best practices and local success stories. The Conference was presented by Farm Credit Canada.
Attendees from all four Atlantic provinces, experienced an agenda curated to the Food and Beverage Industry. Keynote presentations were made by Tareq Hadhad of Peace by Chocolate and Nicolas Duvernois, founder of PUR Vodka. Other conference highlights included a panel discussion with 5 local companies led by Peter Chapman of SKUfood, along with insights from Simply for Life co-founder, Claudine Sweeney.
To close out the Conference, Food and Beverage Atlantic presented the winners of 4 award categories, at the inaugural FBA Awards Ceremony. All winners were presented with a trophy of the FBA Medallion made by maritime local artist Seagull Pewter. Make sure you check out our videos from the event.
The winners of the following categories were announced during the Awards Ceremony:
The Winners
The Awards
The Mover & Shaker of the Year recognizes an FBA member who has successfully demonstrated their growth and accomplishments within the industry as a mature business. The Mover & Shaker of the Year has clearly demonstrated a strong go-to-market strategy and has plans on how they will build on this for new growth/new markets/new products.
Eligibility:
- Be an FBA member in good standing.
- Be 4+ years in business.
- Demonstrate strong market growth and expansion.
The Innovator of the Year recognizes an FBA member who has demonstrated initiatives to achieve growth through innovation. The Innovator of the Year has clearly demonstrated how they challenge the status quo and have developed an innovative solution that successfully enables positive change to occur.
Eligibility:
- Be an FBA member in good standing.
- Demonstrate innovation in any of the following: processes, technology, ingredients, human resources, culture, engagement, sales and marketing, product development, health and safety, research and development.
The Rising Star of the Year recognizes an FBA member who has demonstrated strong market growth and expansion. The Emerging Business of the Year clearly demonstrated how they have grown from start-up to a successful business with plans for future growth.
Eligibility:
- Be an FBA member in good standing.
- Be in business less than 4 years, more than 2 years.
- Demonstrated strong market growth and expansion.
- Has caught the eye of industry and consumers as ‘one to watch’.
The Storyteller of the Year recognizes an FBA Member who has demonstrated their brands narrative in a compelling and engaging way. The Storyteller of the Year has clearly demonstrated a strong marketing strategy and execution plan to build their brand.
Eligibility:
Nominees must:
- Be an FBA member in good standing.
- Demonstrate how their marketing initiatives and campaigns have been successful.
- Utilize a variety of consumer facing media and activity to build brand awareness such as traditional media, digital media and in store.
The Nomination Process
- An individual can only win one award out of all categories.
- Nominations for any food processor are welcomed provided they are within the Food and Beverage Industry.
- Nominees must be a member of good standing with Food and Beverage Atlantic.
- If you are nominating someone other than yourself, the person you are nominating must be aware of the nomination.
- The Judging Panel may contact members of the nominee’s organization to corroborate or obtain additional information.
- Closing date for nominations is September 21, 2022.
- Nominations will be approved by the committee.
- Approved nominees will be notified of their nomination September 23, 2022 and asked to complete an application.
- Closing date for nominee applications is October 7, 2022.
- Winners to be selected by the judging panel on October 17, 2022.
- Awards will be presented at the FBA Conference on November 24, 2022. Awards will only be presented if nominations received meet set criteria.
- All decisions of the judging panel relating to the awards will be final.
You may name yourself, or another individual, as the nominee. If you are nominating someone other than yourself, the person you are nominating must be aware of the nomination. Please be sure they are advised before completing the nomination form.
A complete nomination has the following components:
- Nominator Name/Contact Information
- Nominee Name/Contact Information
- Summary of how nominee meets the listed criteria (500 words or less)
- One reference letter (one can be written by the Nominator) in support of the nominee & Reference Contact Information
Use this form to complete your nomination. Once a nomination has been submitted it will be considered final and no changes may be made.
FBA Award Finalists and Winners
● Up to four finalists will be selected in the Storyteller of the Year, Mover & Shaker of the Year, Innovator of the Year and Rising Star Award categories.
● 1 award will be presented in each category.
● All award winners are requested to attend the FBA Conference & Awards to accept their award.
● All award winners will be asked to deliver a short acceptance speech during the Awards ceremony.
Contact Us
Any questions regarding the submission or the FBA Awards general rules and regulations should be directed to: Food & Beverage Atlantic at admin@atlanticfood.ca