AURELIE
Specialized Factory Worker, 10 years with TAQ
Specialized Food Co-Packing Services
An overview of key process steps
Food co-packing services, also known as contract food packaging, include a wide range of operations such as bagging, boxing, mixing, display pallet assembly, sealing and labeling. These processes often require controlled environments and strict food safety standards, including controlled work rooms.
This is what the Groupe TAQ offers, in addition to providing its customers with complementary expertise in assembly and packaging and what sets it apart: its extraordinary mission of socio-professional integration for people with disabilities.
What type of services TAQ offers?
- Primary and secondary packaging of dry food products
- Ingredient mixing and dry product packaging
- Dry product bottling
- Weighing
- Sealing
- Boxing and case packing
- Mixing of a variety of products – food and beverage (see Packaging section)
- Product assembly and repackaging
- Batch tracking
- Pallet configuration (half or full pallets) (see our Assembly and Packaging sections)
- Product inspection
- Coding and labeling of batches and expiration dates using inkjet printing
- Shrink wrapping and cello packaging
- Standard labeling
- Repositioning/replacement of labels
- Inventory management and warehousing
Des exemples concrets de réalisations
Case packing, mixing, packaging and palletizing
Manual filling and packaging of Advent calendars and assembly of various products
Palletizing and repackaging of various sparkling beverage flavors
Weighing, bagging, case packing and palletizing
Weighing, bagging, case packing, labeling and palletizing
Container receiving, product reconditioning and palletizing
When does food co-packing with TAQ make sense?
- Access to compliant, modern facilities with scalable capacity
- Accelerate large-scale commercialization of its food products
- Rapid scalability during seasonal peaks
- Focus internal teams on higher-value work
- Workforce shortage mitigation
- Simplified logistics with on-site warehousing and 10 loading docks
- Trained, qualified and dedicated workforce
- To benefit from competitive pricing, high quality and strong production capacity, while contributing to the socio-professional integration of people living with disabilities.
What food standards and health & safety controls are in place at Groupe TAQ?
Groupe TAQ operates production zones specifically dedicated to food co-packing, including controlled work rooms designed to ensure a controlled environment.
Our Quality assurance department oversees the implementation and strict compliance of food industry standards, adapting to each client’s specific requirements. We rigorously apply Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and deploy customized quality systems, including obtaining certifications when required.
This collaborative approach enables us to guarantee products that are safe, compliant and fully aligned with our partners’ expectations.
For example, we obtained BRCGS certification, a benchmark standard recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), covering food safety and quality management for production lines dedicated to one of our business partners. Another production line is also organic certified by Quality Assurance International (QAI).
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Frequently asked questions about food co-packing at Groupe TAQ
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We are based in Québec City and we can deliver subcontracting solutions for companies located throughout Québec and across Canada.
Our teams can support both low- and high-volume production depending on client needs.
We continuously optimize our production lines and can integrate client equipment or purchase new equipment when required.
A team of trained foremen also ensures production is carried out to required standards and that tasks are safe, well supervised and aligned with the diverse capabilities of our workers with disabilities.
Whether you are an established Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) or a startup looking for a reliable production partner to scale commercialization, Groupe TAQ is the partner of choice.
Groupe TAQ works to reduce its environmental footprint and deliver a positive impact for the planet. To do so, we draw inspiration from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide responsible management of our operations. See page Our impact for more information.
At Groupe TAQ, our employees work directly in our own facilities — our ‘Pride factory’.
As an adapted enterprise, our mission is to create stable, high-quality jobs for people with disabilities. To achieve this, we rely on a structured, safe and empowering work environment that enables us to train, support and coach each person based on their abilities and aspirations.
That’s why we do not offer staff lending or staff leasing. All operations are carried out on-site at TAQ, in an environment designed to foster autonomy, pride at work and long-term workforce integration.