b'VANCOUVER, BC, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Organic Garage (TSXV: OG) (OTCQX: OGGFF) (FRA: 9CW1) announced that its 100%-owned subsidiary "Future of Cheese" has signed a manufacturing agreement with Ontario based Flamaglo Foods .\nOrganic Garage is an Ontario-based independent organic grocer with a growing footprint, increasing revenue and new business verticals.\nFounded in 2005 by a fourth-generation grocer, Matt Lurie, Organic Garage \'s 4-outlet Toronto area chain did $24 million in sales last year.\nLike Whole Foods (purchased by Amazon for $13.7 billion), OG targets health-conscious consumers.\nMany urban millennials (25 to 40-year-olds) are seeking alternatives to big chain-stores.\n"The North American organic sector posted a banner year in 2019, with organic sales in the food and non-food markets totaling a record $55.1 billion, up a solid 5% from the previous year ".\nWithin this macro-trend, the market for non-dairy butter and cheese has multiple demand drivers.\n"Primary lactose intolerance is caused by a decrease in lactase production with age, so that lactose becomes poorly absorbed," states Healthline .\n"Lactose intolerance affects 517% of Europeans, 6080% of Africans and Asians and around 44% of North Americans" added Healthline.\nAccording to Manufacturing.Net , "96% percent of North Americans love cheese" to the point that 39% would give up coffee for a year to avoid quitting cheese.\nFuture of Cheese products include cultured butter and cream cheeses made from sustainably and ethically sourced plant-based ingredients.\nOrganic Garage has been working with Flamaglo Foods at their HACCP certified facility.\nHACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) is a systematic and preventative system developed in the 1960s by NASA," states the Canadian Institute of Food Safety , "Today, HACCP principles form the basis of Food Safety Plans worldwide".\n"This includes ingredient sourcing, batch testing, product manufacturing, packaging, storage and fulfillment," states OG, "All recipes and formulations will remain proprietary to the Company, and Flamaglo Foods has executed a strict confidentiality agreement related to the production and manufacturing of Future of Cheese products".\n"Selecting a domestic manufacturing partner with the highest level of proven experience, knowledge and success in the plant-based food sector is a significant milestone for the company, and allows us to commence production of our initial line of products with confidence," stated Jen Wojtaszek, President of Future of Cheese.\nFlamaglo Foods products are sold in more than 2,000 retail locations across Canada.\n"My team and I are excited about the collaboration with Future of Cheese," stated Francis Lo, Co-Founder of Flamaglo Foods, "we look forward to working together to help transform their well-developed vision and recipes into exceptional products ready for the rapidly growing plant-based consumer market.
