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Packaging
@ Dare Foods Limited
Kitchener, Ontario
Overview
Dare Foods Limited is hiring full-time packers for night shift in a unionized, family-owned Canadian bakery operation. The work involves picking, packing, sorting and palletizing fresh baked products and inspecting packages to specification. The starting wage is $19.14 per hour with progression, plus a total rewards package.
Pay:
$19.14 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Pick, pack, sort and package fresh baked products
- Stack boxes onto pallets
- Inspect filled packages to specification
- Follow food safety and health and safety policies
Requirements summary:
- Love of baked goods
- Strong people skills and approachability
- Previous manufacturing experience, food manufacturing preferred
- Commitment to health and safety
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · dayforce-feed
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-23
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-13
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Manufacturing & production |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Plant or factory |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer none |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Retirement plan, Wellness |
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Dare Foods Limited
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Full company description
Made Better isn’t just a claim; it’s our Dare promise. Dare has been a proudly Canadian, family-owned company since 1889. Throughout our long history, we’ve created some of the most loved brands in the country including Bear Paws cookies, REALFRUIT gummies, Breton crackers, Melba Toast and many more. For over 130 years we had been located in the Kitchener area since the family’s original store opened in 1892. We are now head quartered in Cambridge Ontario and we’ve expanded our roots far beyond. With eight manufacturing plants and over 1400 employees, Dare is part of the fabric of Canada. At Dare our dedicated team works passionately to uphold our tradition of excellence, innovation and quality in every aspect of our operations. Our state-of-the-art facilities utilize advanced technology to ensure consistency and quality while meeting the evolving needs of our consumers and customers.
- LinkedIn followers
- 44,250
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 755
- Reported office locations
- 25 Cherry Blossom Rd, Cambridge, Ontario N3H 4R7, CA
- 2481 Kingsway Dr, Kitchener, ON N2C 1A6, CA
- 25 Steeles Ave E, Milton, Ontario L9T 5H1, CA
- 15 Rang Dubuc, Sainte-Martine, Quebec J0S 1V0, CA
- 6751 Elmbridge Way, Richmond, British Columbia V7C 4N1, CA
- Business categories
- Consumer Goods
- Manufacturing
- Other recorded names
- Dare Foods Limited
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Made Better isn’t just a claim; it’s our Dare promise. Dare has been a proudly Canadian, family-owned company since 1889. Throughout our long history, we’ve created some of the most loved brands in the country including Bear Paws cookies, REALFRUIT gummies, Breton crackers, Melba Toast and many more. For over 130 years we had been located in the Kitchener area since the family’s original store opened in 1892. We…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1892 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 20 |
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Made Better isn’t just a claim; it’s our Dare promise.
Dare has been a proudly Canadian, family-owned company since 1889. Throughout our long history, we’ve created some of the most loved brands in the country including Bear Paws cookies, REALFRUIT gummies, Breton crackers, Melba Toast and many more. For over 130 years we had been located in the Kitchener area since the family’s original store opened in 1892. We are head quartered in Cambridge Ontario and we’ve expanded our roots far beyond. With manufacturing plants in North America and over 1400 employees, Dare is part of the fabric of Canada.
At Dare our dedicated team works passionately to uphold our tradition of excellence, innovation and quality in every aspect of our operations. Our state-of-the-art facilities utilize advanced technology to ensure consistency and quality while meeting the evolving needs of our consumers and customers.
We are recruiting for FULL TIME packer positions on night shift. These are unionized positions, starting wage begins at $19.14 per hour with progression rate.
Key Ingredients
- Pick, pack, sort, and package fresh baked products into bags and boxes
- Work in production/packaging area to make and stack boxes onto pallets
- Inspect filled packages to ensure product is packaged according to specifications.
- Work closely with production team members to ensure product quality
- Assist machine operators/mixers/oven captains and crew with other duties
- May assist sanitation crew in the cleanliness of production equipment and area
- Ensure all Food Safety and Health & Safety policies and procedures are followed
Recipe for Success
- A lover of baked goods!
- You have strong people skills—you’re approachable, a good listener, and empathetic
- You have previously worked in a manufacturing environment (even better if it was food manufacturing!)
- You’re dedicated to the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues
Additional Servings:
- You accept constructive feedback as an opportunity to listen, and improve your skills, abilities, and performance
- You are someone who listens to comprehend a situation first, asking questions to clarify your own understanding, instead of listening to be able to reply quickly
Total Rewards Package: Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our employees to help them and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at Dare Foods includes a competitive base salary, comprehensive health and wellness benefits and retirement programs. In addition, we offer paid time off, career development opportunities as well as reward and recognition programs.
At Dare Foods Limited, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive, accessible, equal-opportunity environment that welcomes all individuals from all backgrounds because we know it will make our company a better place to work. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment.
We want to thank all candidates in advance for their interest; only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we cannot confirm the receipt of individual applications or resumes.
Salary offers will be determined based on the candidate's skills, experience, and internal equity.
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