Pat BBQ, a sauce and spice company, is temporarily closing its production plant in L'Isle-Verte indefinitely. The company laid off 12 employees as a result.
Coopérative Alina, an organic grocery store in Rimouski, filed for bankruptcy. As a result, 25 jobs were lost.
Distillerie du St. Laurent, a distillery in the Pointe-au-Père district in Rimouski, has officially gone bankrupt
Eastern Quebec Seafoods, a shrimp and snow crab processor and a subsidiary of Royal Greenland, is closing their plant in Matane permanently. As a result, 55 local jobs will be lost.
Poissonnerie Lauzier is investing nearly $2M in purchasing the Poissonnerie Cartier and building a two-storey commercial building. The new store will create seven jobs in addition to three existing positions.