Mar 20, 2017
By now you should (hopefully!) be familiar with the Healthy Menu Choices Act that has been in effect since January 1, 2017. As a reminder, the act requires food service chains with 20 or more locations to display calorie information on their menus.
With calorie counts front and centre for food and drinks, your customers will be more conscious of making healthy choices, and it’s important your menu caters to that. But how? Our resident chef, Chef Darryl Fletcher (better known as “Chef D”), notes that you can start by substituting high calorie ingredients for lower calorie options—without compromising on flavour.
Here are four delicious, healthy alternatives that you can use to help reduce the calorie counts on your menu:
Oct 16, 2025
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited (“Gay Lea Foods”) is pleased to announce its energy management initiative has been selected as one of Canada’s Clean50 Top Projects for 2025.
Jun 2, 2025
Spring 2025 grants announced to support health, agriculture, and community well-being projects across Canada and internationally
May 1, 2025
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited (“Gay Lea Foods”) today announced it has completed the sale of Notre Dame Creamery, based in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba, to Fromagerie Chaeban Ltd.
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Gay Lea Foods has partnered with Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization, to address two of the most urgent challenges facing Canadians today: food insecurity and food waste.