The government's Northern Ontario Recovery Program will give the popular Thornloe Cheese company $25,000 to redesign the service counter, and purchase equipment such as fridges that customers can access outdoors and a computer server for staff to work remotely.
Thornloe Cheese Inc. is owned by farmers and operates with family values in the heart of the Temiskaming Valley, north of Temiskaming Shores.
"Since 1940 when Rene Laframboise, took a leap of faith and opened the first cheese plant in the town of Thornloe we've earned your respect for quality products some 75 years later. We continue to craft heritage-style cheddars and new age specialty products with pure cow and goat milks," says its website.
"Thornloe Cheese is grateful for the Ontario government’s assistance in navigating the COVID pandemic," says Rhonda Wood, General Manager. "As an essential dairy processor in the north, we are pleased to have been able to continue processing dairy from our local farms and safely have our 30 employees producing high-quality cheeses and butter for consumers across Ontario."
"Our government is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with northern business owners, entrepreneurs and workers in the Timiskaming region," said Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development.. "COVID-19 has fundamentally changed our day-to-day lives and how we do business."
NORP was established as a short-term program to help businesses across northern Ontario adjust to the impacts of COVID-19.
