St. Thomas: Railway City Meets the PowerCo Boom
St. Thomas, in Elgin County just south of London, has a long history as a rail hub known as the Railway City, and since 2023 it has been home to a large new EV battery manufacturing plant, Volkswagen’s PowerCo gigafactory. That plant is driving fast population and workforce growth in the city. New cafeterias and restaurants are opening in St. Thomas to serve that growing workforce, often without an established supplier relationship yet, which is exactly the kind of new account we set up quickly with a quote and a standard delivery schedule. St. Thomas is served on a scheduled route alongside London.