Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods is a privately owned Canadian food manufacturing company headquartered in Saskatchewan, Canada.
History
The history of Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods began as far back as the 1800s with the Mendel family. During this time, the family had fifteen meat packing facilities in different parts of Europe. The family’s business focused on selling canned ham all throughout Europe under the Europa brand.
In 1936, Fred Mendel started the first of several packing facilities in Australia. He also introduced the Mayfair brand to the market. Four years later, due to growing tension in his homeland in Europe, Fred Mendel decided to abandon his business there. He then came to Canada and constructed a building in the area of Saskatchewan. He started a new company, Intercontinental Packers, which focused on canned hams aimed at the US market. In 1944, the company prepared significant quantities of luncheon meats designated for the UN Reliefs and Rehabilitation Agency. This was the company’s way of helping post-war Europe, as well as its refugees.
By 1950, Intercontinental Packers was ready to expand. With this, the company purchased Prairie Packers along with their Vancouver facility 1964. During this same period, a man named Fred Mitchell was also starting to learn the ropes of running a business engaged in meatpacking. Fred Mitchell was the grandson of Fred Mendel and was one of the fifth generation of Mendel’s who was exposed to the business. In 1976, Fred Mitchell was elected president of the company.
Under Mitchell’s leadership, the company continued its tradition of leadership, quality and commitment to its employees. Soon, Intercontinental Packers grew to be the biggest value-added meat (pork, specifically) processor in Canada. In 1986, Fred Mitchell introduced a new line of products to the market, the Mitchell’s Gourmet Food range.
Twelve years after, Intercontinental Packers officially became Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods. A yearlater, Mitchell’s and another food processing company, Schneider Corporation, entered into an agreement of strategic alliance and expansion. In 2001, Mitchell’s opened a new processing facility, called the McLeod Plant. This facility contained state-of-the-art equipment that allowed the company to continue and even improve its standards in pork processing. Today, Mitchell’s continues to thrive and its tradition of providing high-quality meat products still goes on.
Headquarters: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Ownership Type: Private
Employees: Information not available
Geography: Canada
Demography: Foodservice companies, retail food product consumers
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I like the fact that I can buy at least one of your products without sugar added.
I used to like Michelle’s bacon. No more have a picture of a 1 kg rasher of bacon and you can see that 80% of it is fat with a little bit of meat on the tops and around the sides to hide the fat content. I won’t be buying Michelle’s again. It is obvious that the packaging is staged and I just paid a premium price for fat vs meat!
I bought a 1 kg package of Mitchell’s thick sliced bacon at Save-on foods on Calgary trail on Saturday March 31/18 . When I got the package home and went to separate it into convenient packages o freeze, I noticed the 2 end pieces on each side didn’t match the rest of the slab. There were rashers of bacon that were up to 80% fat…..YOU PRICKS STAGED A PACKAGE OF BACON???!! This has happened 2 times before. The first time , I said it was the luck of the draw. The second time , a coincidence. Three times it tells me that I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANY MORE OF YOUR PRODUCTS. Fuck me once shame on me , Fuck me twice ….hell no.
When we made the 50 foot loaf of bolo at the old plant what was the reason we made it?
Where can I buy Mitchells thick slice bacon in Orillia Ont. area L3V postal code ?
Back in the 1990’s we owned a grocery store, we always had Mithell’s meats for our customers because of the quality. The last number of times we have purchased a football shaped ham we have been very disappointed with the quality because of all the gristle and fat pressed into the center. We like this product for its multy purpose uses but will have to switch another supplier.
What store sells your jalapeno cheddar sausages here in Ontario also my friend in BC is there right now so what chain of stores sell them in BC
Hi again, meant to say HAM.
Correne
Kelowna, BC
We just purchased a Cooked – had it for supper tonight. We were very disappointed. It was very SALTY. i WOULD NOT BUY IT AGAIN. The bacon does not look like good quality either, so won’t buy it because of its appearance. Very messy.
Correne
Kelowna BC
We discovered Mitchell’s Wieners quite a while back and thoroughly enjoyed them. But as late the ones we are buying now we fined tough skins . We don’t think we will purchase them again we feel very bad about this as we really enjoyed them. They are more expensive but the cost does not matter because we like them so much. We got a lot of friends and neighbors buying them as well . Can you tell if you changed the skins on them ? I don’t think it is our imagination because we both discovered at the same time
Harry Rowe
24 Durham st S
Colborne Ontario K0K1S0