Bothwell Cheese

What Bothwell Cheese does

Bothwell Cheese is a privately held Canadian cheese manufacturer founded in 1936 and headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The company operates with a workforce of 51-100 employees and functions as a for-profit entity in the consumer food products category. The available input data does not specify its product range (e.g., cheddar, mozzarella, specialty/artisan cheeses), production capacity, distribution footprint, or specific customer segments, and the company's website was inaccessible during data collection, returning only a verification/loading page with no extractable content.

No financial disclosures are available: revenue is listed as "Not available," no funding rounds are on record (consistent with a long-established private operating company rather than a venture-backed startup), and no ownership structure, parent company, or key shareholders are documented. There are no certifications, regulatory actions, partnerships, technology platforms, or proprietary product features listed in the source material, and no API or digital product surface exists (api_exists = false).

As an operating company approaching nine decades in business with a small employee base, Bothwell Cheese appears to be a legacy regional-to-national Canadian dairy business, but the absence of disclosed products, customers, distribution channels, and financials limits any deeper characterization. Investors should treat the firmographic profile as the only confirmed signal and seek primary disclosure (financial statements, customer mix, product portfolio) before drawing conclusions on unit economics, growth, or competitive positioning.

Name

Bothwell Cheese

Website

https://bothwellcheese.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bothwell Cheese is a privately held Canadian cheese manufacturer founded in 1936 and headquartered in Winnipeg, employing 51-100 people to produce and sell cheese products to the Canadian consumer food market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cheese Manufacturing

NAICS

Cheese Manufacturing (311513), Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing (31151)

SIC

Dairy Products (2020), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Ripened Natural Cheese Manufacturing (Semi-Soft, Hard & Blue) (AFAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cheese Manufacturing (AFAKAKAB)

Keywords

• Cheese manufacturing
• Artisan cheese
• Specialty cheese
• Dairy products
• Cheese production

Headquarters

HQ city

Winnipeg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Bothwell Cheese is a Canadian cheese manufacturer that produces cheese products at its Winnipeg, Manitoba facility. The company manufactures and distributes cheese offerings as its core product line for sale through retail and foodservice channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bothwell Cheese products Cheese products manufactured and sold by Bothwell Cheese to retail and foodservice buyers in Canada.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Saputo: Saputo is Canada's largest dairy processor and one of the world's top cheese producers, with broad cheddar, mozzarella, and specialty lines. It is comparable to Bothwell as a Canadian-headquartered cheese manufacturer competing for the same retailer and foodservice customers at much larger scale.
• Agropur Cooperative: Agropur is a major Canadian dairy cooperative with a sizable cheese manufacturing business (including brands like OKA, Grand Cheddar, and Natrel). It is comparable as a domestic cheese manufacturer with overlapping retail and foodservice distribution in the Canadian market.
• Parmalat Canada: Parmalat Canada (part of Lactalis) produces a range of dairy products including cheese (Black Diamond, Astro). It competes with Bothwell across Canadian retail cheese categories and brings much larger scale and broader SKU portfolios.

Direct peers

• Black Diamond Cheese: Black Diamond is a Canadian processed and natural cheese brand (Parmalat/Lactalis-owned) with broad retail distribution. It overlaps Bothwell in retail cheese SKUs, particularly processed and natural cheese formats.
• Armstrong Cheese: Armstrong Cheese is a Canadian cheese brand (owned by Saputo) producing aged cheddar and other natural cheeses, sold through grocery and club channels. It is a direct competitor to Bothwell in Canadian cheddar and aged natural cheese.
• Amalgamated Dairies Limited (ADL): ADL is a Prince Edward Island-based dairy manufacturer producing cheese and other dairy products, including aged cheddar under its own and private labels. It is comparable to Bothwell as a regionally based Canadian cheese manufacturer with overlapping product types.
• Neilson Dairy: Neilson Dairy (a Saputo brand) produces a range of natural and processed cheeses and dairy products in Canada. It directly competes with Bothwell in retail cheese categories, particularly cheddar.

Others

• Marble Slab Creamery: While primarily a franchise ice cream concept, Marble Slab is an adjacent specialty dairy retailer that highlights the broader competitive set Bothwell faces for premium dairy indulgence occasions. Included as an ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Gay Lea Foods Co-operative: Gay Lea Foods is a Canadian dairy co-operative manufacturing cheese, butter, and cultured products, primarily in Ontario. It is comparable to Bothwell as a Canadian-headquartered dairy manufacturer competing for retail and foodservice customers.
• Fromages CDA (Quebec cheese makers): Fromages du Québec represents Quebec-based artisanal and specialty cheese producers (e.g., Le Fromagier, Le Maître fromager). They are comparable to Bothwell as Canadian specialty cheese manufacturers competing for premium and specialty retail and foodservice channels.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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