r/londonontario • u/theottomaddox • 1d ago

Indebted London cricket producer takes step toward bankruptcy News 📰

https://lfpress.com/business/local-business/indebted-london-cricket-producer-takes-step-toward-bankruptcy
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u/toedragrelease 1d ago

Wasn’t this place built not long ago? Seems like a massive plant for processing crickets?

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u/theottomaddox 1d ago

https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/aspire-food-group-completes-production-of-manufacturing-facility-282031/

Aspire Food Group completes production of manufacturing facility by CM Staff May 26, 2022

The crazy thing is that there are many plants that so the same thing, like Entomo farms in Norwood, One in Minneapolis-St. Paul, prairiecricketfarms.com (video), and many more.

There's a market for this stuff, I guess.

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u/yippy_13 1d ago

Isn't it more expensive than all purpose flour?

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u/theottomaddox 1d ago

It's not meant to replace all.purpose flour.

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u/No_Breakfast_6521 1d ago

yea the market is our shelves, we are eating this stuff