Voortman Cookies
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Voortman Cookies Limited is a Canadian company specializing in the production and sale of cookies. Based in Burlington, Ontario, its cookies may be found in supermarkets across Canada and in many locations in the United States.
Voortman Cookies is affiliated with Appleby Transport Limited, a Canadian shipping company.
History
The brothers William and Harry Voortman emigrated to Canada from Hellendoorn, Netherlands in 1948 with their father, who had operated a bakery there. In 1951, they founded a bakery in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1956, a grocery chain agreed to give the Voortman products shelf space and by the next year the brothers were able to build a facility in Burlington that employed 12 people.
In 2003, Voortman Cookies gained some media attention when president Harry Voortman announced that as of April 5, 2004, no trans fats would be used in the production of its cookies.