Chapman's

Chapman's is the largest independent ice cream and ice water products manufacturer in Canada.[1][2] Chapman's produces products under the company brand name, as well as store brand products.[3] They are also known for their range of ice creams for people with special dietary needs. Chapman's Products are distributed across Canada.[4]

Chapman's Ice Cream
TypePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1973
HeadquartersMarkdale, Ontario, Canada
100 Chapman's Crescent
N0C 1H0
Key people
Penny Chapman and David Chapman (founders)
ProductsIce cream
Frozen yogurt
Websitechapmans.ca
Previous logo

The company was the first dairy products company in Ontario to have its own wastewater treatment plant. They have been recognized by their industry and by the Province of Ontario for their ecological leadership. David and Penny Chapman's son, Ashley, currently runs the business.[2]

History

In 1973, David and Penny Chapman purchased the Creamery in Markdale, Ontario, a village just south of Georgian Bay. The company started out as a small creamery with four employees and two trucks.[4]

In 2001, a distribution center was opened New Brunswick to better serve Chapman's Atlantic Canada.[5]

On September 4, 2009, a major fire gutted the Chapman's creamery. No employees were hurt in the blaze. Chapman's had been using a smaller plant since the fire.[6]

On September 4, 2010 they opened its new facility on the anniversary of the destruction of the old plant. The smaller plant was converted into a nut facility, while the addition of the new plant became a nut-free facility (the larger of the two plants is about quadruple the size of the old one) allowed the hiring of 50 to 100 new employees.[7]

Facilities

Productions centred in Markdale, with two plants located in the town, the 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) smaller plant is a nut facility, while the larger 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) plant is nut-free. The company also operates a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) distribution centre south of town on Highway 10. There is another distribution centre in Hampton, New Brunswick to serve the Atlantic provinces. Chapman's owns a wastewater treatment plant to purify 675,000 litres (178,000 US gal) of wastewater daily produced from the cleaning and production processes.[5]

References
  1. Jermyn, Diane (June 3, 2003). "Through fire, divorce and cancer, businesses turn setbacks into success". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  2. "New Batch WWT System Reduces Costs, Sludge". www.watertechonline.com. Endeavour Business Media LLC. March 1, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  3. "High-tech wastewater system for ice cream firm". Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine. January 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. "Chapman's Ice Cream". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  5. "Our Story". www.chapmans.ca. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  6. "Fire destroys Chapman's ice cream plant in Markdale". thestar.com. September 4, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  7. "New Chapmans Ice Cream plant to open Sept. 4, a year after old plant destroyed". The Canadian Press. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-06 – via 680News.
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