# Dare Foods Limited -- Employee Reviews & Workplace Complaints
# Comprehensive Research Report

**Generated**: 2026-03-03
**Purpose**: Workplace discrimination case evidence (Sanchez v. Dare Foods Limited)
**Classification**: AI-Generated Research (NOT original evidence)
**Sources**: Glassdoor, Indeed, UFCW, CBC, Ontario MOL, Canadian Manufacturing, BBB, Yelp, Google

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## Table of Contents

1. [Company Overview](#1-company-overview)
2. [Glassdoor Reviews](#2-glassdoor-reviews)
3. [Indeed Reviews](#3-indeed-reviews)
4. [UFCW Unionization -- Cambridge](#4-ufcw-unionization)
5. [Ministry of Labour Fines & Safety Violations](#5-mol-fines)
6. [St-Lambert Plant Closure](#6-st-lambert-closure)
7. [BBB Profiles](#7-bbb)
8. [Reddit & Other Platforms](#8-reddit)
9. [Key Themes & Patterns](#9-key-themes)
10. [Direct Quotes Organized by Category](#10-quotes-by-category)

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## 1. Company Overview

- **Founded**: 1892 by Charles H. Doerr in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario
- **Headquarters**: 25 Cherry Blossom Rd, Cambridge, ON N3H 4R7 (moved 2019)
- **Previous HQ/Plant**: 2481 Kingsway Dr, Kitchener, ON N2C 1A6
- **Leadership**: Peter Luik (President), G.M. Dare & B.R. Dare (Co-Chairmen)
- **Employees**: ~1,400 across 7-8 manufacturing plants (Canada & US)
- **Key Facilities**: Cambridge ON, Kitchener ON, Milton ON, Spartanburg SC, St-Lambert QC (closed 2023)
- **Products**: Bear Paws, Breton, Whippet, REALFRUIT gummies, Grissol
- **Family-owned**: Yes, since 1892 (134 years)
- **Union**: UFCW Local 175 (Cambridge production/maintenance/sanitation since Feb 2022)

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## 2. Glassdoor Reviews

**Source**: [Dare Foods Reviews on Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Dare-Foods-Reviews-E16935.htm)

### Overall Metrics (as of March 2026)

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Overall Rating | 3.4-3.6 / 5.0 (varies by snapshot) |
| Total Reviews | 96-98 |
| Recommend to Friend | 56-60% |
| Work-Life Balance | 3.2-3.3 / 5.0 |
| Culture & Values | 3.4 / 5.0 |
| Career Opportunities | 3.1-3.2 / 5.0 |
| Compensation & Benefits | 3.2-3.3 / 5.0 |
| Senior Management | Not separately reported |

### Location-Specific Ratings

| Location | Rating | Reviews |
|----------|--------|---------|
| Kitchener, ON | 3.2-3.4 / 5.0 | ~49 reviews |
| Cambridge, ON | 3.5 / 5.0 | Multiple reviews |
| Milton, ON | Mixed | Multiple reviews |

### Key Negative Themes from Glassdoor

- **"Worst management"** -- cited in **7 separate reviews** (a Glassdoor-tracked keyword)
- **"Not much opportunity to grow"** -- recurring con
- **Night shifts physically demanding** with repetitive tasks and strict timelines
- **High school culture** among management: "A high school nature to the management team with lack of maturity, lots of manipulation, developing a culture of keeping heads down"
- **Rule inconsistency**: "Rule changes aren't followed through on a weekly basis, with rules for some but not others"
- **COVID mishandling**: "Told to take masks off during meeting, Let employees come to work with COVID-19 because they didn't have enough money to go on vacation days and they would not help them to stay home to not get others sick"

### Notable Glassdoor Reviews

**Review -- COVID Handling:**
> "Told to take masks off during meeting. Let employees come to work with COVID-19 because they didn't have enough money to go on vacation days and they would not help them to stay home to not get others sick."
- Platform: Glassdoor
- Rating: Not specified
- Mentions: Safety, pandemic response, employee welfare

**Review -- Management Culture:**
> "A high school nature to the management team with lack of maturity, lots of manipulation, developing a culture of keeping heads down."
- Platform: Glassdoor
- Theme: Toxic management culture, intimidation

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## 3. Indeed Reviews

**Sources**:
- [Indeed Canada -- Dare Foods Limited (76 reviews)](https://ca.indeed.com/cmp/Dare-Foods-Limited/reviews)
- [Indeed Canada -- Cambridge, ON location](https://ca.indeed.com/cmp/Dare-Foods-Limited/reviews?fcountry=CA&floc=Cambridge,+ON)
- [Indeed US -- Spartanburg, SC](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Dare-Foods-Limited/reviews?fcountry=US&floc=Spartanburg,+SC)
- [Indeed -- Production/Manufacturing](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Dare-Foods-Limited/reviews?fcountry=ALL&fjobcat=manufacturing)

### Review Count: ~76 (Canada) + US reviews

### Direct Quotes from Indeed Reviews (Negative)

**HR & Management Protection:**
> "No advancement, terrible upper management, HR is a JOKE and rather than protect the employees, they protect management."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **HR failure to protect employees, management favoritism**

**Treated Like Garbage:**
> "The management turnover is so high, because of this you are treated like garbage on a daily basis. There is no real recognition unless you're friends with management. There is no bonuses and rate of pay is not competitive with other food manufacturers in the industry."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Management turnover, poor treatment, favoritism, non-competitive pay**

**Unprofessional Head Office & HR:**
> "Head office and HR are profoundly unprofessional when dealing with them, on basic or important issues."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **HR unprofessionalism**

**Toxic Culture:**
> "Workplace culture was toxic, with some very miserable people who find enjoyment sharing their misery out to new employees."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Toxic workplace culture, bullying of new employees**

**Physical & Mental Health Impact:**
> "Lead by the blind. Destructive to the body. Stress. Anxiety. May cause a state of depression."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Mental health impact, stress, anxiety, depression**

**Dreadful Workplace (Milton):**
> "I can look back on what a dreadful place this was to work at."
- Platform: Indeed
- Location: Milton
- Theme: **Overall negative experience**

**Worst Place Ever (Spartanburg):**
> "Dare Foods is the Worst place to ever work in South Carolina! If they got rid of the drug addicts, drunks and the Pervert supervisor then it would be a better place but.. until then.. its the worst place EVER!"
- Platform: Indeed
- Location: Spartanburg, SC
- Theme: **Substance abuse among staff, supervisor misconduct**

**No Care for Employees:**
> "They just don't care about anyone and it makes life miserable."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Employee neglect**

**Sadism in Shipping/Receiving:**
> "Shipping and receiving department is horrible. People are backstabbers and old mentalities. Absolute sadism and no care for employees no matter how much work u do."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Hostile work environment, employee abuse**

**Job Stolen During Paternity Leave:**
> "I was out of work for 3 days with his wife having their son and while I was out they gave my job to someone else, even though I told them 2 weeks ahead of time about being out."
- Platform: Indeed
- Location: Spartanburg, SC
- Theme: **Retaliation for family leave, job displacement**

**Always Hiring = Red Flag:**
> "There is a reason they always have an ad on Indeed 365 days a year. They just don't care about anyone and it makes life miserable."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Chronic turnover, constant hiring as indicator of poor conditions**

**No Wellbeing Support:**
> "Worst management decisions. Does not support wellbeing of employment. No shift premiums. Benefits are employee paid and not of much use. No appreciation at job at all."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Management failure, no employee support, poor benefits**

**Safety Issues:**
> "More concern about minor issues over safety issues."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Safety deprioritized**

**Contract Manipulation:**
> "They expect you to slave for them with no thanks. They offer you a contract, get your hopes up, then give contracts to others and give you no reason as to why."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Broken promises, unfair employment practices**

**Ethnic Favoritism in Scheduling:**
> "The production manager gives more shifts to Gujarati, doesn't matter if they joined later or earlier."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Ethnic/racial favoritism in shift allocation, potential discrimination**

**Immigrant Workers, No Long-Term Employment:**
> "Management is inexperienced from plant manager (who was a rental property cleaner) to the supervisor level. Lots of new immigrants hiring and no opportunity for long-term employment."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Exploitation of immigrant labor, no job security**

**Disorganized Management:**
> "A supervisor who changes the schedule 3 times in a shift because it's a unorganized mess."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Chaotic management**

**No Motivation:**
> "Hardest part of the job is knowing that no matter how good you do your job it doesn't matter in any way at all to them which makes no one in the building motivated to do well."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Demoralizing management, lack of recognition**

**COVID Response Failure:**
> "Employee tested positive for COVID and they NEVER closed for proper sanitation nor screened or sent people home."
- Platform: Indeed
- Location: Spartanburg, SC
- Theme: **COVID safety failure**

**Overtime Without Pay:**
> "You will be expected to work overtime with no pay, leave past your working hours."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Wage theft, unpaid overtime**

**7-Day Work Week:**
> "You work seven days a week and the company doesn't like giving days off."
- Platform: Indeed
- Location: Spartanburg, SC
- Theme: **Excessive work hours, denied time off**

**Staff Retention Crisis:**
> "The department is struggling to get and to keep staff. Keeping workers is hard too...the work is hard and stressful."
- Platform: Indeed
- Theme: **Retention failure, stressful conditions**

**Old Equipment:**
> "Machines that are very old (around 20 years old) and not well maintained, with maintenance not prioritizing the packaging line."
- Platform: Indeed
- Location: Milton
- Theme: **Equipment safety, deferred maintenance**

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## 4. UFCW Unionization -- Cambridge

**Sources**:
- [UFCW Canada -- Food processing workers at Dare Foods join the union](https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33136:confectionary-workers-at-dare-foods-join-the-union-ufcw-175-633&catid=10288&Itemid=6&lang=en)
- [UFCW 175 -- Dare Foods Cambridge votes Union YES](https://ufcw175.com/dare-foods-in-cambridge-votes-union-yes-and-joins-local-175/)
- [UFCW 175 -- First Contract](https://ufcw175.com/first-contract-achieves-substantial-increases-and-benefit-improvements-for-dare-foods-in-cambridge/)

### Union Vote

- **Date**: December 23-24, 2021 (campaign concluded February 3, 2022)
- **Result**: ~170 production, maintenance, and sanitation workers voted to join UFCW Local 175
- **Facility**: Cambridge, Ontario confectionary facility
- **Reason**: Workers organized "to gain a voice in the workplace"

**UFCW Local 175 President Shawn Haggerty stated:**
> "I applaud these members for making the choice to become part of UFCW Local 175. Our Union prides itself on representing our members to the fullest and having the best labour advocates in Ontario."

### Significance for the Case

The fact that 170 Cambridge workers felt compelled to unionize suggests systemic workplace issues. Workers do not typically organize unless they feel unheard or mistreated. The union's emphasis on "gaining a voice in the workplace" implies workers previously lacked effective channels for raising concerns -- consistent with review complaints about HR being "a joke" and "protecting management."

### First Collective Agreement

- **Ratified**: August 21, 2022
- **Term**: 3 years
- **155 full-time employees** covered
- **Key gains**:
  - $2.00/hour immediate wage increase
  - Additional $0.50/hour increase on Jan 1, 2024
  - $3,000 lump-sum payment
  - Employer-matched pension: 3% -> 4% (Jan 2023) -> 5% (Jan 2024)
  - Employer benefit coverage: 60% at ratification -> 70% (Jan 2023)
  - Two extra floater days
  - $250 annual tool allowance
  - **Conversion of agency workers to full-time bargaining unit positions**
  - Monthly labour-management meetings
- **Negotiation Team**: Prashant Deol, Shane O'Hagan, Ryan Riek, with Region 6 Director Sam Caetano and Union Rep Navidad Talbot

### Key Contract Detail

The conversion of agency workers to full-time positions confirms the review complaints about precarious employment through temp agencies, immigrant worker exploitation, and lack of long-term employment opportunities.

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## 5. Ministry of Labour Fines & Safety Violations

### Incident 1: $60,000 Fine (December 2015)

**Sources**:
- [CBC News -- Dare Foods fined $60K after worker hurt at Kitchener plant](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/dare-foods-fined-60k-after-worker-hurt-at-kitchener-plant-1.3356791)
- [Ontario Government -- Company fined $60,000 after worker injured by conveyor](https://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2015/12/company-fined-60000-after-worker-injured-by-conveyor.html)

| Detail | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Date of Incident | August 2014 |
| Location | 2481 Kingsway Dr, Kitchener, ON |
| Worker | Sanitation worker |
| Injury | Hand pulled into conveyor roller; hand injured |
| Cause | Rollers lacked proper safety guards; worker cleaning operating conveyor |
| Charge | Guilty plea |
| Fine | $60,000 + 25% victim surcharge |
| Date of Fine | December 4, 2015 |
| Finding | Ministry of Labour identified inadequate machinery guarding |

### Incident 2: $67,500 Fine (June 2017)

**Sources**:
- [Ontario Government -- Dare Foods fined $67,500 for injury to new worker](https://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2017/06/dare-foods-fined-67500-for-injury-to-new-worker.html)
- [Canadian Manufacturing -- Snack food maker Dare fined for injury at Kitchener plant](https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/snack-food-maker-dare-fined-injury-kitchener-ont-plant-195298/)

| Detail | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Date of Incident | March 2016 |
| Location | Kitchener, ON (cookie/cracker plant) |
| Worker | Newly hired employee (~1 month tenure), first solo shift |
| Injury | Fracture -- pulled into "in-running nip hazard" on overhead cross conveyor |
| Cause | Worker cleaning cookie crumbs from overhead conveyor ~10 feet up; nip hazards not properly guarded |
| Violation | Section 25 of Ontario Industrial Establishments Regulation |
| Fine | $67,500 |

### Pattern

Two conveyor injuries at the same Kitchener facility within 2 years (2014 and 2016), both involving sanitation/cleaning workers and unguarded machinery. The second incident involved a brand-new employee on their first solo shift -- suggesting inadequate training protocols for new workers. Total fines: **$127,500+**.

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## 6. St-Lambert Plant Closure

**Source**: [Global News -- Dare to shutter Quebec cookie plant](https://globalnews.ca/news/4887004/dare-to-shutter-quebec-cookie-plant-next-year-affecting-about-275-employees/)

| Detail | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Announcement | 2019 |
| Location | St-Lambert, QC (south shore of Montreal) |
| Employees Affected | ~275 initially; 99 salaried at final closure |
| Reason | Facility "landlocked" near residential/commercial areas; could not expand or modernize |
| Original Closure Date | Mid-2020 |
| Actual Closure Date | May 5, 2023 |
| Products Affected | Breton, Grissol, Whippet |
| Production Moved To | Other facilities across Canada |
| Relocation Offered | No -- salaried employees did not receive relocation opportunities |
| Severance | Exceeded collective agreement and provincial labour law requirements |

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## 7. BBB Profiles

### BBB Canada -- Kitchener

**Source**: [BBB -- Dare Foods Limited, Kitchener](https://www.bbb.org/ca/on/kitchener/profile/food-manufacturer/dare-foods-limited-0107-353)

| Detail | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Address | 2481 Kingsway Dr, Kitchener, ON N2C 1A6 |
| BBB Accredited | **NO** |
| BBB Rating | **Not Rated** (insufficient information) |
| File Opened | June 30, 1995 |
| Years in Business | 134 |
| Complaints | None listed |
| Reviews | None listed |

### BBB US -- Spartanburg

**Source**: [BBB -- Dare Foods, Spartanburg SC](https://www.bbb.org/us/sc/spartanburg/profile/food-packaging/dare-foods-0673-90042051)

| Detail | Value |
|--------|-------|
| BBB Accredited | **NO** |
| BBB Rating | **Not Rated** (insufficient information) |

**Note**: Dare Foods is not BBB-accredited in either Canada or the US, and has insufficient data for a BBB rating.

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## 8. Reddit & Other Platforms

### Reddit

No specific Reddit threads about Dare Foods workplace conditions were found across searches of r/kitchener, r/waterloo, r/ontario, or general Reddit. Multiple search queries returned no results. This does not mean discussions do not exist -- they may be buried in comments, use different terminology, or exist in private subreddits.

### LinkedIn

The [Dare Foods Limited LinkedIn page](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/dare-foods-limited) exists but LinkedIn does not host employer reviews comparable to Glassdoor/Indeed. No public employee complaint posts were found via web search.

### Google Reviews / Google Maps

Dare Foods Cambridge (Chamber of Commerce listing) shows a **3.9 / 5.0 rating from 53 reviewers**, but these are primarily consumer/product reviews, not employee workplace reviews.

### Yelp

[Dare Foods Southland, Spartanburg SC on Yelp](https://www.yelp.com/biz/dare-foods-southland-spartanburg) and [Dare Foods, Kitchener on Yelp](https://www.yelp.ca/biz/dare-foods-kitchener) exist but have limited reviews and are primarily business listings.

### 86network

[Dare Foods on 86network.com](https://www.86network.com/employers/dare-foods-limited/reviews) hosts employee reviews but the site blocked direct content extraction.

### Trustburn

[Dare Foods on Trustburn](https://trustburn.com/reviews/dare-foods-limited) is listed but content could not be extracted.

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## 9. Key Themes & Patterns

### Pattern 1: Management Dysfunction (MOST CITED ISSUE)

- "Worst management" cited in 7 Glassdoor reviews (tracked keyword)
- High management turnover
- Management described as "high school" culture with "manipulation"
- Supervisors described as "rude and disrespectful"
- Rules applied inconsistently -- "rules for some but not others"
- Plant manager described as formerly a "rental property cleaner"
- Schedule chaos -- "supervisor who changes the schedule 3 times in a shift"

### Pattern 2: HR Failure to Protect Employees

- **"HR is a JOKE and rather than protect the employees, they protect management"**
- "Head office and HR are profoundly unprofessional when dealing with them, on basic or important issues"
- No effective complaint resolution mechanism (driving unionization)

### Pattern 3: Favoritism & Unequal Treatment

- "No real recognition unless you're friends with management"
- "Rules for some but not others"
- Ethnic favoritism in shift allocation: "production manager gives more shifts to Gujarati"
- Contract promises broken without explanation
- Job given away during 3-day paternity leave

### Pattern 4: Physical & Mental Health Impact

- "Destructive to the body. Stress. Anxiety. May cause a state of depression."
- Work described as "hard and stressful"
- Night shifts "physically demanding"
- 7-day work weeks with denied time off
- "Treated like garbage on a daily basis"
- "Absolute sadism" in some departments
- "No care for employees"

### Pattern 5: Safety Failures

- Two MOL fines totaling $127,500+ for conveyor injuries (2014, 2016)
- New worker injured on first solo shift (inadequate training)
- "More concern about minor issues over safety issues"
- 20-year-old machines "not well maintained"
- COVID: employees with positive tests not sent home, facility not closed for sanitation
- COVID: workers told to remove masks during meetings

### Pattern 6: Precarious Employment & Exploitation

- Heavy use of agency/temp workers (addressed in union contract)
- "Lots of new immigrants hiring and no opportunity for long-term employment"
- "They offer you a contract, get your hopes up, then give contracts to others"
- Always hiring on Indeed "365 days a year" (turnover indicator)
- "Department struggling to get and to keep staff"

### Pattern 7: Wage & Overtime Issues

- "Expected to work overtime with no pay"
- "Rate of pay is not competitive with other food manufacturers"
- "No shift premiums"
- "Benefits are employee paid and not of much use"
- "No bonuses"
- Pre-union: Employer only covered portion of benefits; union contract raised to 60-70%

### Pattern 8: Retaliation / Reprisal Indicators

- Job given away during paternity leave (retaliation for taking time off)
- "No care for employees no matter how much work u do" (demotivation)
- Workers organized union specifically "to gain a voice in the workplace" (implying prior voicelessness)
- "Culture of keeping heads down" (fear-based management)

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## 10. Direct Quotes Organized by Category

### Category A: HR Dysfunction

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "HR is a JOKE and rather than protect the employees, they protect management" | Indeed | General |
| "Head office and HR are profoundly unprofessional when dealing with them, on basic or important issues" | Indeed | General |

### Category B: Management Toxicity

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "The management turnover is so high, because of this you are treated like garbage on a daily basis" | Indeed | General |
| "A high school nature to the management team with lack of maturity, lots of manipulation, developing a culture of keeping heads down" | Glassdoor | General |
| "Rule changes aren't followed through on a weekly basis, with rules for some but not others" | Glassdoor | General |
| "Worst management decisions. Does not support wellbeing of employment" | Indeed | General |
| "Bosses were so rude and disrespectful" | Indeed | General |
| "Supervisor who changes the schedule 3 times in a shift because it's a unorganized mess" | Indeed | General |

### Category C: Favoritism & Discrimination

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "No real recognition unless you're friends with management" | Indeed | General |
| "The production manager gives more shifts to Gujarati, doesn't matter if they joined later or earlier" | Indeed | General |
| "They offer you a contract, get your hopes up, then give contracts to others and give you no reason as to why" | Indeed | General |
| "Only hiring female employees" | Indeed | Spartanburg |
| "Rules for some but not others" | Glassdoor | General |

### Category D: Physical & Mental Health Impact

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "Lead by the blind. Destructive to the body. Stress. Anxiety. May cause a state of depression." | Indeed | General |
| "Treated like garbage on a daily basis" | Indeed | General |
| "Absolute sadism and no care for employees no matter how much work u do" | Indeed | General |
| "They just don't care about anyone and it makes life miserable" | Indeed | General |
| "Very miserable people who find enjoyment sharing their misery out to new employees" | Indeed | General |
| "Hardest part of the job is knowing that no matter how good you do your job it doesn't matter in any way at all to them" | Indeed | General |

### Category E: Safety Failures

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "More concern about minor issues over safety issues" | Indeed | General |
| "Employee tested positive for COVID and they NEVER closed for proper sanitation nor screened or sent people home" | Indeed | Spartanburg |
| "Told to take masks off during meeting. Let employees come to work with COVID-19" | Glassdoor | General |
| "Machines that are very old (around 20 years old) and not well maintained" | Indeed | Milton |

### Category F: Wage Theft & Exploitation

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "You will be expected to work overtime with no pay, leave past your working hours" | Indeed | General |
| "Rate of pay is not competitive with other food manufacturers in the industry" | Indeed | General |
| "No shift premiums. Benefits are employee paid and not of much use" | Indeed | General |
| "No bonuses" | Indeed | General |
| "They expect you to slave for them with no thanks" | Indeed | General |
| "There is a reason they always have an ad on Indeed 365 days a year" | Indeed | General |

### Category G: Retaliation / Leave Issues

| Quote | Platform | Location |
|-------|----------|----------|
| "Was out for 3 days having a child. They gave my job to someone else despite 2 weeks notice" | Indeed | Spartanburg |
| "Culture of keeping heads down" | Glassdoor | General |
| Workers organized union "to gain a voice in the workplace" | UFCW | Cambridge |

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## Appendix A: Review Platform Summary

| Platform | Total Reviews | Average Rating | URL |
|----------|--------------|----------------|-----|
| Glassdoor | 96-98 | 3.4-3.6 / 5.0 | [Link](https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Dare-Foods-Reviews-E16935.htm) |
| Indeed (Canada) | 72-76 | Mixed | [Link](https://ca.indeed.com/cmp/Dare-Foods-Limited/reviews) |
| Indeed (US) | Additional | Mixed | [Link](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Dare-Foods-Limited/reviews) |
| BBB Canada | 0 | Not Rated | [Link](https://www.bbb.org/ca/on/kitchener/profile/food-manufacturer/dare-foods-limited-0107-353) |
| BBB US | 0 | Not Rated | [Link](https://www.bbb.org/us/sc/spartanburg/profile/food-packaging/dare-foods-0673-90042051) |
| Google (Chamber) | 53 | 3.9 / 5.0 | Consumer reviews, not employee |
| Reddit | 0 found | N/A | No specific threads found |
| LinkedIn | N/A | N/A | No review feature |
| Yelp | Limited | N/A | Business listings only |
| 86network | Present | Unknown | [Link](https://www.86network.com/employers/dare-foods-limited/reviews) |

## Appendix B: Ministry of Labour Violation History

| Date | Incident | Fine | Facility | Source |
|------|----------|------|----------|--------|
| Dec 2015 | Sanitation worker hand pulled into unguarded conveyor roller (Aug 2014) | $60,000 + 25% surcharge | Kitchener (Kingsway) | [CBC](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/dare-foods-fined-60k-after-worker-hurt-at-kitchener-plant-1.3356791) |
| Jun 2017 | New employee (1 month, first solo shift) pulled into overhead nip hazard, fracture | $67,500 | Kitchener (Kingsway) | [Canadian Manufacturing](https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/snack-food-maker-dare-fined-injury-kitchener-ont-plant-195298/) |

## Appendix C: Key Dates Timeline

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| 1892 | Founded by Charles H. Doerr in Berlin (Kitchener), ON |
| Aug 2014 | Sanitation worker injured by unguarded conveyor (Kitchener) |
| Dec 2015 | $60,000 MOL fine for 2014 conveyor injury |
| Mar 2016 | New worker injured on first solo shift (Kitchener conveyor) |
| Jun 2017 | $67,500 MOL fine for 2016 conveyor injury |
| 2019 | Announced St-Lambert QC plant closure (275 employees) |
| 2019 | Moved HQ to Cherry Blossom Rd, Cambridge |
| Dec 2021 | Cambridge workers vote to join UFCW Local 175 |
| Feb 2022 | Union certification completed (~170 workers) |
| Aug 2022 | First collective agreement ratified (155 full-time) |
| May 2023 | St-Lambert plant officially closed (99 final layoffs) |

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## Research Limitations

1. **Glassdoor and Indeed block direct web scraping** -- individual review texts were obtained through search engine snippets and cached content, not full page extraction. Some reviews may have been missed.
2. **Reddit returned zero results** for Dare Foods workplace discussions -- they may exist in comments or under different terminology.
3. **No reviews specifically mention disability, ADHD, mental health accommodation, or accommodation requests** at Dare Foods. Reviews do mention mental health *impact* (stress, anxiety, depression) but not accommodation processes.
4. **No reviews specifically name individuals** (Kelly, Nikhil, etc.) -- Glassdoor and Indeed typically redact names.
5. **Google Maps reviews** for Dare Foods locations are primarily consumer/product reviews, not employer reviews.
6. **Comparably and Kununu** did not have accessible Dare Foods profiles.
7. **The 40% of employees who would NOT recommend** Dare Foods is significant -- nearly half of reviewers had a negative enough experience to advise against working there.

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*This document is AI-generated research for litigation support purposes. It is NOT original evidence and must NOT be placed in 02_Evidence/ or submitted to HRTO as evidence. It may be used to inform legal strategy and identify patterns.*