Vachon Inc.

Vachon, Inc., is a Canadian maker of popular snack pastries. Vachon was owned by Saputo Inc. between 1999 and 2015, and has been owned since 2015 by Canada Bread.^[1]

Vachon was founded by Joseph-Arcade and Rose-Anna Vachon Giroux in 1923 when the couple left his home village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage to develop a bakery in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce in Quebec.

Brands include:

May West^[2]
Jos. Louis^[3]
Passion Flakie
Ah Caramel!^[4]
½ Moon (sometimes misinterpreted as "½ Lune Moon" due to Vachon's French-first bilingual packaging)
Hostess (Canada only) - including Twinkies

References

↑ "Canada Bread buys Saputo bakery unit for $120M". CBC.ca. Canadian Press. 18 December 2014.
↑ http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/may-west/#regulier
↑ http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/jos-louis/#regulier/
↑ http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/ah-caramel/#regulier

External links

Vachon

Saputo Inc.

Subsidiary companies	Alto Dairy Cooperative Dairyland Canada Neilson Dairy

Former subsidiaries	Vachon Inc. Jos. Louis May West

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