Scott-Bathgate Ltd.

Scott-Bathgate Limited is a foodstuff manufacturer that is known for its Nutty Club brand of candy and nut products. It also sells a line of condiments and food colouring under the name Food Club. The company's head office is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1]

Scott-Bathgate building, 149 Pioneer Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba

The company was established in 1903 by A. E. Scott and James Loughrin Bathgate.[2][3] In the 1930s, Scott-Bathgate expanded, opening branch offices, warehouses and factories across Canada.[4] In 1905, A.E. Scott and J.L. Bathgate built the current building at 149 Pioneer Avenue. The building was added to in 1907. In In 1945, Scott-Bathgate bought the Thomas Black Building at 80 Lombard, which was originally constructed for the Union Shoe and Leather Company.[5] The building comprises three sections built in 1896, 1898 and 1907. January 2007, the company moved most of its production and distribution business to the former T. Eaton Company warehouse between Alexander and Galt avenues, out from the Nutty Club building at 149 Pioneer Ave and the Lombard building.[6]

The company logo and mascot is "Can-D-Man", a man made up of lengths of candy cane.

References
  1. "Contact Us". Scott-Bathgate Ltd. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. "Sweets for Canada". Hemmings Daily. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: James Loughrin Bathgate (1872-1934)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. "History". Scott-Bathgate Ltd. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. "80 LOMBARD AVENUE" (PDF). City of Winnipeg. 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. "A shell of its former self". Winnipeg Free Press. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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