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WBE Canada hosted Breakfast with Brands that provide the access to Procurement Networks to Women Owned Companies

By: GWL Team | Wednesday, 1 March 2023

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, WBE Canada is thrilled to sponsor the highly anticipated Breakfast with Brands Cross Border Connection event on March 21 at the 2018 WBENC National Conference, which will take place March 21–23 in Nashville, TN.

Breakfast With Brands events are intended to be instructive and enlightening, and they provide women-owned companies who want to thrive in corporate supply chains more access to procurement networks. The event this year will bring together corporate groups from both Canada and the US as well as Canadian women-owned enterprises attending WBENC.

WBE Canada's Breakfast with Brands Cross Border Connection, sponsored by Trade Commissioner Service, Global Affairs Canada, will showcase the advantages of certification and the possibilities available to Canadian WBEs in the highly anticipated and global environment of WBENC's annual conference. To create strategic business alliances and expand their network in the US, certified women suppliers will also have the chance to meet one-on-one with corporate customers at the event.

Breakfast with Brands Cross Border Connection, a wholly original Canadian opening to the 2023 WBENC National Conference, will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Centre, on March 21 from 8:00 to 10:30 am CDT.

Accenture, AON, BASF, GM, Magna, Merck, RBC, Sanofi, Sony, UPS, and more to be confirmed are among the participating companies.

Event Benefits:

Establish trusting connections with buyers and women-owned companies. Discover the outstanding network of businesses and organizations that WBE Canada partners with. Attend "Meet the Buyer" roundtables to have one-on-one meetings with corporate buyers. In one day, finish six months' worth of sales prospecting.

Who Should Attend:

  • WBE Canada Certified Women-Owned Businesses
  • Supplier diversity and purchasing representatives of corporations and government entities looking to diversify their supply chain and buy from Canadian women-owned businesses
  • WBE Canada's Partner organizations
  • Women who are interested in strategic business partnerships and developing professional business relationships in the US

About WBE Canada

Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is a non-profit organization based in Canada that collaborates closely with businesses and governmental agencies to promote the inclusion of Canadian Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) in supply chains both domestically and internationally. Intending to ensure diversity in supply chains, WBE Canada collaborates closely with its corporate and governmental members to offer the assistance and training required to launch and grow supplier diversity projects.