Canada

  • Granny’s Poultry Farm Cooperative

    Granny’s Poultry Farm Cooperative

    Granny’s is a Canadian food processing company headquartered in Manitoba. The company is a cooperative owned by farmers dedicated to producing high-quality food products. History Granny’s was established over fifty years ago by Manitoba farmers who wanted to make sure that consumers get high-quality yet fairly-priced poultry. In order to realize this goal, this group…

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  • Johnston’s

    Johnston’s

    Johnston’s is a Canadian, family-owned company engaged in slaughtering services and headquartered in British Columbia, Canada. History Johnston’s was founded in 1937 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The company was created by Carmen Johnston and initially offered custom slaughter services. During the first year of Johnston Packers, the company only had 2 employees, one who worked…

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  • Elmira Poultry

    Elmira Poultry

    Elmira Poultry is a Canadian poultry-processing company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. The company is a division of JD SWEID Foods Ltd, one of the country’s biggest meat processors. History Monty Ward founded Elmira Poultry in 1985. The company’s name was taken from the business’ location in Elmira, Ontario. Ward decided to establish the business because…

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  • Vitoeuf Inc.

    Vitoeuf Inc.

    Vitoeuf Inc. is a Canadian company that is engaged in egg processing. The company has its headquarters in Quebec, Canada. History Vitoeuf was established in 1984 and was already originally focused on egg processing. The company got its name from the two words, “vit” (French for quick) and “oeuf” (French for egg). During the company’s…

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  • Gianone Poultry

    Gianone Poultry

    Gianone Poultry is a family-owned Canadian poultry processing business headquartered in Quebec, Canada. History The Gianone family established Gianone Poultry in 1989. After just six years of being in the business, PME Magazine honoured Gianone Poultry with a Grand Prix Award for the category of Sales Growth. The award was given to recognize the company…

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  • Viande Richelieu Meat Inc.

    Viande Richelieu Meat Inc.

    Viande Richelieu Meat Inc. is a privately owned Canadian meat processing company. It is headquartered in Quebec, Canada and specializes in processing horse meat, elk meat and bison meat. History Viande Richelieu Meat was established in 1986. Since its founding, it has  been engaged in breeding bison, horses, and cows, and then processing the meats…

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  • Exceldor Poultry Co-operative

    Exceldor Poultry Co-operative

    Exceldor is a Canadian poultry processing co-operative. Its headquarters is located in Quebec, Canada. History Exceldor was originally founded in 1945 as the “Société cooperative avicole régionale de Saint-Damase,” a regional co-operative that specialized in poultry. About 225 members joined the co-operative in the year of its foundation. After the co-operative was established, a slaughterhouse…

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  • Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods

    Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods

    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…

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