The facilities, which are located in Kent, Wash., and Brampton, Ont., are part of a scaled, full-line pies platform called “Pies,” which launches products into the retail channel across North America.
According to data from Circana, perimeter assorted/multipacks of cookies were up 13.9% in dollar sales and 4.2% in unit sales in the 52 weeks ending July 16.
Canonne, French pastry chef and co-founder of the French Pastry School in Chicago, earned the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France and in 2015 was named a Knight by the French government in the National Order of the Legion of Honour.