About Us

Produce packaging is what we do

Local food is a building block for healthy communities


We help growers, farmers, and produce distributors bring their food to market with packaging that delights and inspires. We are Canada’s premier packaging choice for all types of produce, for orders big and small.


We manufacture and stock a dynamic range of produce packaging, and are a one-stop shop for all your packaging needs. We custom manufacture to your specifcations, whether that be print for your brand or totally unique packages; we also stock a wide-range of generic packaging designed for selling from the large chain stores, the farm market, or from a roadside stand.


We are large enough to meet all of your produce packaging needs and small enough to provide exceptional, personable service. Like many of the farms we serve, we are family-owned and operated.


We look forward to meeting you!

Adam Hincks, Paul Hincks, Peter Hincks
Wellington Produce Packaging safety achievement
Wellington Produce Packaging Mount Forest

What do we do?

Here is a little peek behind the scenes of our Mount Forest manufacturing facility.


Check out our Youtube page to see more How It's Made videos!

Our Team

Paul

Co-Owner

Peter

Co-Owner

Deb

Sales

Adam

Sales

Cody

Operations & Finance

               Eaton

Production

Roxanne

Production

Jeff

Production

Hannah

Production

Eirikr

Production

Sam

Production

Michelle

Production

Lena

Maintenance

Derek

Shipping

Ken

Trucking

Dave

Trucking

Michelle

Leamington Warehouse

Our History

We started in 1934 with the simple mission of helping farmers get their produce into people's homes. Through years of change, we still are driven by the same simple message.


We manufacture much of the packaging we carry, and are proud of our Canadian-made quality. Starting with wood baskets in the 30’s, then into cardboard products in the 70’s, and plastics in the early 00’s – we’ve updated our processes to keep up with the times and bring the best products to farms.

The original "Mount Forest Basket Factory" took up shop in the old Mount Forest Carriage Factory building, which had sat empty since the early 1900's when the invention of the automobile dried business up. It had three floors and only a couple loading docks, very different from modern facilities. In 1935 the old carriage factory was purchased for $1.00, and we were off to the races!


We began with making only wooden baskets packaging wise. Mount Forest was a perfect home as it was close to lots of trees that we needed for our raw materials (as the town name would suggest!). Rumour is our facility was also where hockey sticks for the Toronto Maple Leafs were made, using the same trees that were used to make baskets.


In 1952, Ken Hincks started in production, and eventually into sales, then purchased the company in 1972. Ken was the first of 3 generations of Hincks' to work in the business - Ken's sons Paul and Peter joined in the early 80's and are the current owners and operators. Adam is gen-3 and joined in 2017. We like to think our family structure and ownership reflects many of the family-run farms we serve today.


Starting in the 1970's cardboard became more popular and we started forming and gluing boxes and baskets as part of our lineup. Many new basket sizes were introduced over this time, and we expanded our offering to match what growers were looking for. We continue to make baskets and  boxes here and cardboard is now our most used raw material.


In 1984 we built and moved in to our current facility in Mount Forest, with roughly 45,000 sq ft to handle the bulk of our manufacturing operations. We ship all across the country right from here, and are proud of our deep roots in the community.


In the early 2000's we brought plastic manufacturing in-house with our first injection molding machine. We make the ever-present green plastic litre here in Mount Forest, along with plastic basket handles and other items.


We've had many name changes over our long history - Mount Forest Basket Factory, Tregunno Veneers, Wood Wellington, and Wellington Wood Products. In 2018, we changed our name to Wellington Produce Packaging to reflect our transformation into a one-stop shop for all types of produce packaging.