BeaverTails
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Food |
| Founded | Ottawa, Ontario (1978) |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Products | Pastry |
| Website | http://www.beavertailsinc.com/ |
BeaverTails are a Canadian-based chain of pastry stands operated by BeaverTails Canada Inc. The chain's namesake product is a line of fried dough pastries, individually hand stretched to resemble a beaver’s tail.[1] The chain originated in Ottawa and now has franchises and licenses in three countries, Canada (Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia), the United States (Keystone, Breckenridge and Horseshoe in Colorado) and Saudi Arabia.[2]
The BeaverTails pastry is similar to several other fried dough pastries and is topped with various condiments. BeaverTails Canada Inc. through franchising currently operates 33 stores and 43 BeaverTails stands worldwide.[2]
"BeaverTails" has been registered as a trademark since 1988 by BeaverTails Canada Inc. and its affiliated companies.[3]
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[edit] Company history
BeaverTails pastries began when Grant and Pam Hooker decided to turn their family recipe for fried dough into a corporate business.[4] In 1980, the Hookers opened up the first BeaverTails stand in the Byward Market in Ottawa two years after they had formed BeaverTails Canada Inc.
The company expanded within Canada and then internationally in the 1990s. In 2002 the company moved its head office to Montreal and focused on domestic development. However, since 2008 international development had been reinitiated.
[edit] President Obama
The product received national media attention in the US and Canada when it was served at the Canadian embassy during Obama's inauguration and was mentioned in newscasts during the lead-up to U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa, as an example of how Canadian businesses were participating in Obama's visit. On the day of the visit, February 19, 2009, Barack Obama stopped at the ByWard Market on his way to the airport specifically to buy a BeaverTails pastry. One variation of the product was called the "Obama Tail", specifically in honour of the president's visit to Ottawa.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Legaspi, Andre (2007). Frommer's Montreal Day by Day. Wiley. p. 140. ISBN 0470069317. http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZEKyaG9xApMC&lpg=PA140&dq=Beaver%20Tails%20%22pastry%22&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q&f=true. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ a b "Store list". Beavertailsinc.com. http://www.beavertailsinc.com/storelocator.php. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ "CANADIAN TRADE-MARK DATA - application no. 0686841". http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/vwTrdmrk.do?lang=eng&status=&fileNumber=0686841&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=1. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ^ International Business Opportunities Centre
- ^ "CTV Ottawa - Obama stops to shop in Ottawa's Byward Market". Ottawa.ctv.ca. http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090219/OTT_obama_traffic_090219/20090219/?hub=OttawaHome. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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