Who’s ready for the Food Truck Wars?
Farmcrest Marketplace is hosting Food Truck Wars this Saturday.
Located at 264 Lansdowne St. E. in the former Trentwinds Convention Centre location, the food trucks will offer tasty menus for both breakfast and lunch from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and patrons will vote for the best food truck food. It’s a fundraiser for the YWCA.
Details are farmcrestmarketplaceptbo.com.
Hard Winter Bakery
The Hard Winter Bakery has just opened its new East City production facility and storefront at 133 Hunter St. E. Hard Winter is a popular stop at the Thursday Lakefield Farmers Market, and the Saturday Regional Farmers Market.
Owners Jessica and Graham make a variety of rustic, handcrafted breads and pastries, wood-fired bagels and breads, cookies, granola, sc ones, brownies, biscotti and more. They also do catering. Check out hardwinterbreadco.com or find them on Facebook.
Indoor market
The Regional Farmers Market moves indoors at Peterborough Square this Saturday, the Wednesday Market is outside at Peterborough Square until the end of the month.
The Workforce Development Board is hosting information sessions on Oct. 29 and Nov. 12 that will look at the latest local labour market data, the top-10 jobs and skills in demand for our region, and multiple resources for job seekers and employers. Running from 2 to 3 p.m., you can register at wdb.ca.
On the topic of workforce, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Ryerson University Future Skills Centre are looking for local businesses to help them examine the workforce skills needed for small businesses in Ontario. If you are interested in participating, please email Sandra Dueck sandra@peterboroughchamber.ca.
And don’t forget to check out the annual business Excellence Awards ceremony this Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the Peterborough Chamber Facebook and YouTube channels.
Stuart Harrison is general manager of the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. To submit your business news, send an email to stoosnews@nexicom.net or call 705-7489771 ext. 202. Please note, Harrison does not test any of the products mentioned, or endorse any of the businesses mentioned in The Business Beat.