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Blair has spent the last 25 years working to build
great Atlantic Canadian food brands here at home
and around the globe. He spent most of his career at
McCain International where he worked to build the
McCain brand in emerging markets around the
world. In 2014 Blair and Rosalyn achieved their
goal of having their own family business when they
purchased Mrs. Dunster’s in 2015. They have since
completed three more acquisitions and the company
has grown to be the largest family owned bakery in
Atlantic Canada with the most extensive line of
fresh baked goods of any bakery in the region. Mrs
Dunster’s distributes fresh baked goods to just about
every grocery store and many restaurants in the
Maritimes and Maine at least twice a week. Blair
Blair Hyslop
has been named one of the top 50 CEO in Atlantic
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Canada four times, he and Rosalyn have both been
finalist for EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and
Mrs. Dunster's (1996) Inc.
Blair is a past winner of the WMI Carpe Diem
Award. He is currently the President of the Order of
the Wallace McCain Institute and holds the WMI
blair.hyslop@dunsters.ca
Seat on the New Brunswick Business Counsel.
Emma was passionate about baking long before it
became a family business. After high school she
enrolled in the Pastry Arts Management Program at
Algonquin College in Ottawa, where she graduated
with honors in 2018.
After completing college, Emma joined Mrs.
Dunster’s as a a Senior Baker and is currently
working towards her Red Seal Pastry Chef
designation. She is also working across the business
in different jobs to learn as much as she can.
Being part of a family business is relatively new to
Emma so she’s eager to learn more and to see how
she can use her passion, education and experience to
Emma Hyslop make a positive contribution to the company.
EChO4 Along with being passionate about baking, Emma is
Senior Baker/ Project Coordinator an experienced and avid equestrian, loves to read,
Mrs. Dunster's (1996) Inc. and travel.
Sussex New Brunswick
emma.hyslop@dunsters.ca
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