[2] In 1973, David and Penny Chapman purchased the Creamery in Markdale, Ontario, a village just south of Georgian Bay.

[4] In 2001, a distribution centre was opened in New Brunswick to better serve Chapman's Atlantic Canada.

[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were being readied for distribution, which require strong refrigeration for storage, Chapman's volunteered the use of their industrial freezers for the Grey Bruce Health Unit for the vials.

[9] However, there was also a wave of public support around Canada for the business in reaction to this hostility, although it was not clear how the activism of either side was affecting sales.

The company also operates a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) distribution centre south of town on Highway 10.