SunOpta Inc. (SOY.TO)

9.01 -0.14 (-1.53%) As of 10:43AM EDT. Market open.

SunOpta Inc.

7078 Shady Oak Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
United States
952 820 2518
https://www.sunopta.com

Sector(s): Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods
Full Time Employees: 1,174

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Greg Gaba CA, CPA	Chief Financial Officer	556.14k	N/A	1982
Ms. Jill Barnett	General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary	1.2M	N/A	1974
Mr. Chad Hagen	Chief Customer Officer	531.11k	N/A	1973
Mr. Brian W. Kocher	CEO & Director	N/A	N/A	1969
Mr. Rob Duchscher	Chief Information Officer	N/A	N/A	1961
Mr. Bryan Clark	Senior Vice President of R&D, Food Safety and Quality	N/A	N/A	1973
Ms. Lauren McNamara	Senior Vice President of Business Management	N/A	N/A	1983
Mr. Justin Kobler	Senior Vice President of Supply Chain	N/A	N/A	1981

Amounts are as of December 31, 2023 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in CAD.

Description

SunOpta Inc. engages in manufacture and sale of plant-based and fruit-based food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company provides plant-based beverages utilizing oat, almond, soy, coconut, rice, hemp, and other bases under the Dream and West Life brands; oat-based creamers under the SOWN brand; ready-to-drink protein shakes; and nut, grain, seed, and legume based beverages; packaged teas and concentrates; and meat and vegetable broths and stocks. It also offers plant-based ingredients, such as oatbase, oatgold, soybase, hempbase, and soypowders and okara; ready-to-eat fruit snacks made from apple purée and juice concentrate in bar, bit, twist, strip and sandwich formats; cold pressed fruit bars; liquid and powder ingredients utilizing oat, soy and hemp bases; ready-to-eat fruit smoothie and chia bowls topped with frozen fruit; consumer products, which includes protein shakes, teas, broths, and fruit snacks; and liquid and dry ingredients for internal use and for sale to other food and beverage manufacturers. It sells its products through various distribution channels including private label products to retail customers; branded products under co-manufacturing agreements to other branded food companies for their distribution; and its own branded products to retail and foodservice customers. The company was formerly known as Stake Technology Ltd. and changed its name to SunOpta Inc. in October 2003. SunOpta Inc. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Corporate Governance

SunOpta Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of April 1, 2024 is 2. The pillar scores are Audit: 4; Board: 1; Shareholder Rights: 2; Compensation: 4.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.