Beatrice Foods Canada
Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. is a dairy unit of Parmalat Canada based in Toronto. The Canadian unit of Beatrice Foods was founded in 1969 and separated from its American parent firm, Beatrice Foods in 1978.
Consequently, Beatrice's Canadian operations were not affected by the buyout of its founders and remained in business as one of Canada's largest food processing concerns. In 1997, Beatrice Foods Canada was acquired by the Italian conglomerate Parmalat. Parmalat initially dropped the Beatrice name from its products but the name was reinstated in late 2005 during which the parent company was being investigated.
Beatrice Foods Canada also owned companies in Canada such as Modern Dairies, Crescent Creamery, Royal Dairies and Standard Dairies in Manitoba. Sven Jensen was the president of the western operations until 1990.
Retailers
A list of retailers selling Beatrice products:
- Giant Tiger
- Metro
- Pharmacy 1
- Rexall PharmaPlus
- T & T Supermarket
- Food Basics
- The Barn
- Sam's Club
- Sobeys
- IGA
- Knechtel / Foodland
- Foodtown
- Commisso's
- Avondale
- Loeb
- Galati Brothers
- Wal-Mart Canada
- Weston Produce
- Herbies
- Little Short Stop
- F & F Supermarkets
- Central Meat Markets
- Longo's
Quebec
- IGA
- Metro
- Loeb
- Super C
- Provigo
- Intermarché
- Loblaws
- Couche-Tard
- Le Jardin Mobile
- Marche Frais
- Jean-Paul Beaudry Ltée
Western Canada
- Real Canadian Superstore (Westfair)
- Sobeys West (IGA)
- Safeway
- Federated Co-op
- Calgary Co-op
- NorthWest
- Giant Tiger
- Thrifty Foods
Products
Beatrice Canada's main products are milk, orange juice, butter and cheese. Other dairy products sold under the Beatrice name:
Operations
Beatrice main distribution and production centres are found in:
References
- "Investment Firm Buys Beatrice Foods Unit". Associated Press. August 10, 1987. Retrieved 18 October 2013.