Quebec’s Group Export Agri-Food announces winners of 2026 Alizés Awards

Quebec association Group Export Agri-Food held its Alizés Evening this week in Montreal.

Presented by FCC, the celebration on April 29 brought together 340 participants from Canada’s agri-food sector and beyond.

At the event, Group Export Agri-Food revealed the winners of its 2026 Alizés Awards: A Spice Affair in the category of SME Fonds de solidarité FTQ; Lantic Maple (Large Company FCC); Les Fromages Latino (Canadian Market National Bank); and NOA – Monsieur Cocktail (Innovative Export Strategy Inno-centre). 

"Once again, this annual event was a great success, driven by the exceptional quality of the finalists and the diversity of industry stakeholders in attendance. Notably, the four award-winning companies share a common strength: a strong and well-adapted approach to risk management, which contributed to their success," said Martin Lavoie, president and CEO of the Group Export Agri-Food, during the event.

The awards jury included: Louis Turcotte, vice-president, corporate financing and major accounts at FCC; Benoit Tétrault, director, private equity and impact investing, Agri-food, Consumer Goods and Health at Fonds de solidarité FTQ; Annie Lévesque, senior relationship manager at Export Development Canada; Michel Sirois, vice-president of Agri-Food at National Bank of Canada; Pascale Daigneault, senior industry development officer, departmental regional office (Quebec and Nunavut) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; and Martin Lemire, vice-president at Edikom.