BCI Foods: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # BCI Foods <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: BCI Foods | |
| 5 | − | disambiguation: Canadian soup maker in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec; owner of the Aylmer and Primo soup brands | |
| 5 | + | disambiguation: Canadian soup maker and store-brand processor in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec; fills the Aylmer, Primo and Baxters soups | |
| 6 | 6 | legal_name: Les Aliments BCI Inc. | |
| 7 | 7 | country: CA | |
| 8 | + | website: https://bcifoods.com/ | |
| 8 | 9 | gln: 0061202000014 | |
| 9 | 10 | register_ids: CA-QC:1173465387, LEI:254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | |
| 10 | − | gs1_prefixes: 0061202 | |
| 11 | + | gs1_prefixes_inferred: 0061202 | |
| 11 | 12 | founded: 1976 | |
| 12 | 13 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 13 | 14 | ||
| 15 | + | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 16 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 17 | + | | -------- | --------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ------- | ----- | ------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 18 | + | | owned_by | company/baxters-food-group | CA | 2004 | 2018-06 | true | sourced | ^foodmanufacture-2018 | Baxters Food Group bought the Saint-Hyacinthe soup maker in 2004, which then traded as Baxters Canada Inc., and sold the subsidiary in June 2018 | | |
| 19 | + | | owned_by | company/champlain-financial-corporation | CA | 2018 | | | sourced | ^champlain-portfolio | Champlain led the group of private investors that bought the company, alongside Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Fondaction and Investissement Quebec, each investing CAD 8m (^foodmanufacture-2018); GLEIF records no known consolidation parent (^gleif-bci-parent), so no single owner is registered | | |
| 20 | + | <!--/relations--> | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 14 | 22 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 15 | 23 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 16 | 24 | | --------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 17 | 25 | | Les Aliments BCI Inc. | legal | fr | | | | |
| 26 | + | | BCI Foods Inc. | name | en | | | | |
| 18 | 27 | | Baxters Canada Inc. | name | en | | 2018 | | |
| 28 | + | | SoupExperts | name | en | | | | |
| 19 | 29 | | BCI | search | en | | | | |
| 20 | 30 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 21 | 31 | ||
| 32 | + | ## Meta <!--meta--> | |
| 33 | + | title: BCI Foods (Les Aliments BCI Inc.) | |
| 34 | + | description: Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec soup maker: Aylmer, Primo and Baxters soups plus Canadian store-brand canned soups, sauces and pouches. | |
| 35 | + | <!--/meta--> | |
| 36 | + | ||
| 22 | 37 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 23 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 24 | − | | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 25 | − | | justfood-2007 | https://www.just-food.com/news/canada-cangro-sells-soup-business-to-baxters/ | CANADA: CanGro sells soup business to Baxters | 2026-09-14 | Just Food | publication | 2007-05-02 | | | | | | | |
| 26 | − | | champlain-2018 | https://www.champlaincanada.com/release/baxters-canada-inc-bci/ | A group of Quebec investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquires Baxters Canada Inc. (BCI) | 2026-09-14 | Champlain Financial Corporation | publication | 2018-05-24 | | | | | | | |
| 27 | − | | raq-8219289 | https://www.repertoirealimentsquebecois.gouv.qc.ca/Produit/Index/8219289 | Répertoire des aliments québécois: AYLMER SOUPE AUX TOMATES | 2026-09-14 | Gouvernement du Québec | registry | | 8219289 | | | | | | |
| 28 | − | | gleif-bci | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | GLEIF LEI record: Les Aliments BCI Inc. | 2026-09-14 | GLEIF | registry | | 254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | | | | | | |
| 38 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 39 | + | | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 40 | + | | justfood-2007 | https://www.just-food.com/news/canada-cangro-sells-soup-business-to-baxters/ | CANADA: CanGro sells soup business to Baxters | 2026-09-14 | Just Food | publication | 2007-05-02 | | | | | | | |
| 41 | + | | champlain-2018 | https://www.champlaincanada.com/release/baxters-canada-inc-bci/ | A group of Quebec investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquires Baxters Canada Inc. (BCI) | 2026-09-14 | Champlain Financial Corporation | publication | 2018-05-24 | | | | | | | |
| 42 | + | | champlain-portfolio | https://www.champlaincanada.com/portfolio/baxters-canada-inc-bci/ | Champlain portfolio: BCI Foods | 2026-09-14 | Champlain Financial Corporation | publication | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | + | | foodmanufacture-2018 | https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2018/06/20/Soup-firm-sells-off-Canadian-subsidiary/ | Baxters Food Group sells Canadian subsidiary | 2026-09-14 | Food Manufacture | publication | 2018-06-20 | | | | | | | |
| 44 | + | | bci-about | https://bcifoods.com/about-contact/ | The Brand behind the Brand: about and contact | 2026-09-14 | BCI Foods Inc. | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | + | | bci-store-brands | https://bcifoods.com/our-commitment-to-our-store-brand-partners/ | Our Commitment to Our Store Brand Partners | 2026-09-14 | BCI Foods Inc. | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | + | | raq-8219289 | https://www.repertoirealimentsquebecois.gouv.qc.ca/Produit/Index/8219289 | Repertoire des aliments quebecois: AYLMER SOUPE AUX TOMATES | 2026-09-14 | Gouvernement du Québec | registry | | 8219289 | | | | | | |
| 47 | + | | raq-bci-products | https://www.repertoirealimentsquebecois.gouv.qc.ca/Produits/Index?critere=%7B%22Neq%22%3A%221173465387%22%2C%22Tri%22%3A%22%22%2C%22Filtres%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22FiltreStatutProduit%22%3A%22%22%7D | Repertoire des aliments quebecois: the 20 products of NEQ 1173465387 | 2026-09-14 | Gouvernement du Québec | registry | | 1173465387 | | | | | | |
| 48 | + | | adq-bci | https://alimentsduquebec.com/en/enterprises/bci-foods-inc | Aliments du Québec: BCI Foods Inc. | 2026-09-14 | Aliments du Québec | other | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | + | | cfia-2023 | https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/various-brands-chicken-soup-products-recalled-due-swollen-containers | Various brands of Chicken Soup Products recalled due to swollen containers | 2026-09-14 | Canadian Food Inspection Agency | registry | 2023-03-31 | RA-73427 | | | | | | |
| 50 | + | | gleif-bci | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | GLEIF LEI record: Les Aliments BCI Inc. | 2026-09-14 | GLEIF | registry | | 254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | | | | | | |
| 51 | + | | gleif-bci-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/254900FMHZU42K7BMU89/direct-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF direct parent reporting exception: Les Aliments BCI Inc. | 2026-09-14 | GLEIF | registry | | 254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | | | | | | |
| 29 | 52 | <!--/references--> | |
| 30 | 53 | ||
| 31 | 54 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 32 | − | BCI Foods, registered in Quebec as Les Aliments BCI Inc., is a canned soup maker and private-label food processor in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, founded in 1976; it owns and makes the Aylmer and Primo soup brands.[^champlain-2018] As Baxters Canada, the local arm of Baxters, it bought the Aylmer and Primo soup business from CanGro Foods in May 2007,[^justfood-2007] and a Quebec investor group led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquired it in May 2018.[^champlain-2018] GLEIF records the current legal entity under Quebec enterprise number 1173465387, created in 2018.[^gleif-bci] Québec's food directory gives its establishment GLN as 0061202000014 and lists its Aylmer tomato soup under 061202021200; GS1 prefix 0061202 is recorded here as derived from those two codes, since no public lookup names the licensee.[^raq-8219289] | |
| 55 | + | BCI Foods, registered in Quebec as Les Aliments BCI Inc., is a canned-soup maker and store-brand food processor at 4800 avenue Pinard in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, with 252 employees.[^raq-8219289] It calls itself "the Brand behind the Brand" and has made soups, pouches, sauces, canned pasta and gravies to retailers' own specifications since 1976.[^bci-about][^bci-store-brands] Champlain, its lead investor, describes three consumer lines, Aylmer, Primo and Baxters, beside private-label and industrial products,[^champlain-portfolio] and Aliments du Québec lists nineteen Aylmer soups among its products.[^adq-bci] A 2023 Canadian Food Inspection Agency notice names the company behind No Name and Selection condensed chicken soups made at establishment 142.[^cfia-2023] | |
| 56 | + | ||
| 57 | + | Founded in 1976 as SoupExperts, making vacuum-packed rations for the Canadian army, the plant was bought by Scotland's Baxters Food Group in 2004, traded as Baxters Canada Inc. and took licences for Conagra's Aylmer and Primo labels; Baxters sold it in June 2018, with Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction and Investissement Québec each putting in CAD 8m beside a private group led by Champlain Financial Corporation.[^foodmanufacture-2018] Under Baxters it had bought the Aylmer and Primo soup business from Sun Capital's CanGro Foods in May 2007.[^justfood-2007] Champlain's release says BCI "manufactures and owns" those two soup brands,[^champlain-2018] which Food Manufacture contradicts by calling them Conagra licences,[^foodmanufacture-2018] so the brand rights are recorded here as unsettled; the separate Aylmer canned-tomato brand belongs to Conagra. GLEIF shows the present legal entity created on 22 February 2018 under Quebec enterprise number 1173465387,[^gleif-bci] with no known accounting-consolidation parent.[^gleif-bci-parent] | |
| 58 | + | ||
| 59 | + | GS1 prefix 0061202 remains inferred rather than sourced. Québec's food directory gives the company's establishment GLN as 0061202000014 and lists all twenty of its products under GTINs from 061202009055 to 061202029572,[^raq-8219289][^raq-bci-products] and both key types are issued from their holder's GS1 company prefix, which is what the inference rests on. Nothing found states the licensee: Verified by GS1 answers HTTP 403 to server requests, GEPIR now redirects to that service, GS1 Canada publishes no member search, and the company's own site, its Aliments du Québec profile, the Québec directory and the Open Food Facts record for 061202021200 name no registrant or brand owner. | |
| 33 | 60 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# BCI Foods <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: BCI Foods
disambiguation: Canadian soup maker in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec; owner of the Aylmer and Primo soup brands
legal_name: Les Aliments BCI Inc.
country: CA
gln: 0061202000014
register_ids: CA-QC:1173465387, LEI:254900FMHZU42K7BMU89
gs1_prefixes: 0061202
founded: 1976
<!--/identity-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Les Aliments BCI Inc. | legal | fr | | |
| Baxters Canada Inc. | name | en | | 2018 |
| BCI | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| justfood-2007 | https://www.just-food.com/news/canada-cangro-sells-soup-business-to-baxters/ | CANADA: CanGro sells soup business to Baxters | 2026-09-14 | Just Food | publication | 2007-05-02 | | | | | |
| champlain-2018 | https://www.champlaincanada.com/release/baxters-canada-inc-bci/ | A group of Quebec investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquires Baxters Canada Inc. (BCI) | 2026-09-14 | Champlain Financial Corporation | publication | 2018-05-24 | | | | | |
| raq-8219289 | https://www.repertoirealimentsquebecois.gouv.qc.ca/Produit/Index/8219289 | Répertoire des aliments québécois: AYLMER SOUPE AUX TOMATES | 2026-09-14 | Gouvernement du Québec | registry | | 8219289 | | | | |
| gleif-bci | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | GLEIF LEI record: Les Aliments BCI Inc. | 2026-09-14 | GLEIF | registry | | 254900FMHZU42K7BMU89 | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
BCI Foods, registered in Quebec as Les Aliments BCI Inc., is a canned soup maker and private-label food processor in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, founded in 1976; it owns and makes the Aylmer and Primo soup brands.[^champlain-2018] As Baxters Canada, the local arm of Baxters, it bought the Aylmer and Primo soup business from CanGro Foods in May 2007,[^justfood-2007] and a Quebec investor group led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquired it in May 2018.[^champlain-2018] GLEIF records the current legal entity under Quebec enterprise number 1173465387, created in 2018.[^gleif-bci] Québec's food directory gives its establishment GLN as 0061202000014 and lists its Aylmer tomato soup under 061202021200; GS1 prefix 0061202 is recorded here as derived from those two codes, since no public lookup names the licensee.[^raq-8219289]
<!--/about-->