Marvin Tung Case Competition Winner Announcement

CIFST held its SECOND ANNUAL Marvin Tung Student Case Competition at the 2023 Canadian Food Summit on Wednesday, June 7th. The purpose of the competition is to provide emerging professionals with an opportunity to showcase their knowledge and skills and learn from each other through the analysis of a food sector case study. The primary objective of the case competition is to foster innovative thinking about a real-world problem while allowing students to hone their skills and network with their peers.

Thank you to the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN), sponsors of the Marvin Tung Student Case Competition.

Congratulations to the Marvin Tung Student Case Competition WINNERS, Team M&Ms for winning the coveted Marvin Tung Trophy and a cash prize.

Congratulations to team members from Toronto Metropolitan University (pictured above with Dr. Yvonne Yuan):

Marissa Frodsham
Mackenzie Green
Sarujen Nagarajan

This is the second year that Team M&Ms has competed in this competition. Last year, the winning team was Team Cream of the Crop, also from TMU.

Congrats to Marvin Tung team Finalists:

Team FuelUp

, University Of Alberta:

Pauline Chan

Hitarth Godhani

Jenna Wong

Team SafeWhey, University of Alberta:

Carris Jiang

Carmen Vung

Gloria Yap

Team Seedlings, University of Guelph:

Gracen Nehme

Christine Rivera

Hanika Saini

Manahil Zaid

Thank you to competition CHAIR Dr. Yvonne Yuan, Associate Professor, School of Nutrition, Faculty of Community Services, Toronto Metropolitan University.

Also, thank you to our Marvin Tung Judges:

Tanya Der, Director of Food Innovation & Marketing, Pulse Canada
Lavina Gully, Regional Innovation Director, Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)
Phillip Lee Wing, President, The Food Development Group
Brad Mckay, CEO, McKay Foods Inc.
Josh Taylor, Manager, Business Development, London Economic Development Corp.

We look forward to bringing this competition to our members in 2024.