Gay Lea Foods commits $200 million to help end cottage cheese drought

Gay Lea Foods is investing more than $200 million to significantly expand its Clayson Road dairy manufacturing facility in Toronto.

The expansion will introduce advanced processing technology and manufacturing capabilities to help address national cottage cheese shortages and create additional capacity for its portfolio of high-protein dairy products.

From TikTok to the till: Making the protein surge work in-store

The project marks the first major milestone in Gay Lea Foods' approximately $450-million Network for Growth strategy—a multi-year investment to strengthen and modernize it Canadian manufacturing network.

"This investment reflects our confidence in the future of Canadian dairy and in Gay Lea Foods' role in helping shape it," said Gay Lea Foods president and chief executive officer Suzanna Dalrymple, in a press release. 

"That future will be built on Canadian dairy farms and in modern processing facilities equipped to respond to evolving consumer preferences," she added.