Avena is a specialty miller that provides food, beverage and pet manufacturers with pulse flours, grit and fibres as well as purity protocol gluten-free oat ingredients. | File photo

New CEO hired at Avena Foods

Wayne Arsenault has been named the new chief executive officer of Avena Foods Ltd. He replaces Gord Flaten. Arsenault became the youngest plant manager in the Coca-Cola Enterprises system at the age of 29, running the company’s Toronto plant. He then became general manager at Molson Canada in Vancouver and later worked in a number […] Read more

A close-up photo of ripe oats hanging off their stalk.

Firm focuses on gluten-free

Calgary-based Stoked Oats is one of several Canadian oatmeal companies dedicated to producing gluten-free oats. President and chief executive officer Simon Donato said he started the company in 2011 with an eye on the cereal market and how there was a gap in the quality of oats delivered to grocery stores.