Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator: Services

 
   
 
 
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Alberta Agriculture and Food Services

The Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator (APBI), Food Processing Development Centre (FPDC) and the Business Commercialization Branch (BCB) offer assistance in the development and implementation of various programs and services to business clients and tenants.

APBI staff will work to provide the programs and procedures to successfully implement the following:

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  • Production equipment layouts and process flow optimization
  • Individual suites information and floor plans
  • General leasing information and terms
  • Food Safety programs including HACCP coordination
  • Planning scheduling, and inventory control
  • Labour orientation and occupational safety programs
  • Input cost management
  • Distribution practices
Food Processing Development Centre staff available to contribute:

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  • New product and process development
  • Formulation and packaging development
  • Product sensory evaluation
  • Shelf life evaluation
  • Interim production scale-up
Business Support Branch staff assisting clients with:
  • Business plan assessment and coaching
    • COBRA (Commercial Business Return Analyzer)
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Labour attraction
  • Industry Networking
  • Funding/Resource applications and submissions
  • Marketing plan coaching
  • Value chain development
For more information contact:
Murray Greer
Senior Manager
Business Commercialization Branch
6547 Sparrow Drive
Leduc AB, T9E 7C7
Phone: (780)980-4722
Fax: (780)980-4237 		 
 
 
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This document is maintained by Deb Jarvis.
This information published to the web on March 8, 2007.
Last Reviewed/Revised on May 3, 2007.