How Dan-D Foods founder went from Vietnam refugee to Canada’s ‘Cashew King’

May will mark one year since the B.C. government designated Vietnam as one of three key markets in its trade diversity strategy for the province.

Three decades ago, a B.C.-based company saw the significant economic opportunities in the Asia-Pacific country—and built half of his business empire there.

Among consumers who purchase nuts, dried fruit snacks and spices, the brand Dan-D Pak is well known. Dan-D Foods Group Global, a leading brand of packaged snack foods, sells its products in supermarkets and grocery stores across Canada and in more than 20 countries.

Lesser known is the fact the company is based in Richmond, and built from humble beginnings in 1989

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