Berger Celebrates Milestone Anniversary, CEOs Earn Major Praise
February 3, 2023 
Growing media supplier and third-generation family business Berger is celebrating an important milestone in 2023: its 60th anniversary.
Berger, which has been rooted in the municipality of Saint-Modeste, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Canada, since 1963, currently employs more than 800 professionals located across Canada, the U.S., and Central America.
“There aren’t enough words to describe how proud and grateful we are towards all our employees who have contributed to the company’s success and history,” says Valérie Berger, co-President and CEO of Berger. “Over the years, we have forged an enviable reputation based on the quality of its products and the personalization of its services; and today, we’re celebrating more than 60 harvest seasons, 60 years of audacity and know-how.”
Berger currently operates 11 peat moss bogs and nine plants in North America. For more than 60 years, each successive generation at the head of the company has brought added value, allowing Berger to experience flourishing growth and significant gains in innovation (learn more here).
“We want to share these moments of joy with the entire Berger family,” says Mélissa Berger, co-President and CEO. “Our most sincere thanks go to our customers, our partners, the communities that welcome us, and especially to the members of our staff, as well as their families, who contribute daily to the influence and success of our company, both here and abroad.”
Learn more about the company’s legacy in a celebratory video on its website.
Valérie and Mélissa Berger
Berger CEOs Earn Peer Recognition
Aside from its anniversary, Berger has another reason to celebrate: Valérie and Mélissa Berger were recently among the winners of the Palmarès des entreprises au féminin. (Top women-owned businesses in Quebec) This ranking aims to promote women entrepreneurs who head large companies and who contribute to the growth of the Quebec economy, among other things, through their female leadership.
On Monday, January 23, the magazine Premières en affaires unveiled the big winners of the 4th edition of its famous awards.
“We’re very happy to see our company rewarded in this way,” Valérie Berger says. “It’s even more of an honor for us to find ourselves in the company of all these other exceptional businesswomen.”
“It’s a real privilege for us not only to manage an innovative company, but also to be able to do it on a daily basis with motivated people who have the company’s success at heart. We want to be actively involved in the socio-economic development of the communities where we do business,” adds Mélissa Berger. “We accept this distinction with great humility, especially since it coincides with Berger’s 60th birthday.”
Presented by the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec, the awards are produced in collaboration with the Scotiabank Women’s Initiative, the BDC, Sun Life, and the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, with the support of the Quebec CPA Order, EY and the participation of the Réseau des Femmes d’affaires du Québec et de Léger [Quebec Business Women’s Network and Léger].
Learn more at premieresenaffaires.com.
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