Whitewater Brewing Company
Our partnership with BDC has been fundamental to our continued success and growth. We have been able to drastically increase our volume capacity, sales revenues and our number of employees.
Christopher D. Thompson
Partner
About the company
Reaches an Ontario-wide market through investing in its brewing capacity, as well as through marketing partnerships within non-traditional markets.
Location: Cobden, Ontario
Industry: Food and beverage
Entrepreneur challenge
The goal of the company was to bring its total production capacity in-house and to benefit from production cost savings. The brewery also required a large investment in property and human resources, as well as equipment to achieve the company’s production goals.
BDC expertise
BDC worked with a chartered bank as well as the Community Futures office to finance a customized production facility, restaurant and events centre. The Growth & Transition Capital team is now helping the business reach its ongoing growth goals.
Results
- Experienced phenomenal acceptance in the local craft brewing market
- Developed key strategic partnerships and broadened distribution centres
13
fold increase in second year revenues
120%
increase in third year revenues
112%
increase in fourth year revenues