Company Information

Antigonish Abattoir was founded in 1963 and by 1976, upgraded the red meat processing facility to adhere to the Federal Inspection program for the production of fresh pork, beef, and lamb. In 1984, the business addressed the need to become value added and started the production of fresh sausages, and two years later expanded this line to include bacon, hams, cooked meats, and cooked sausages. In 1987, the business launched the Tony's brand name and expanded its presence throughout Northeastern Nova Scotia. Over the next ten- (10) years, the business continually expanded through market share growth and addition of infrastructure and equipment. In 2001 it was decided that the current infrastructure was operating at maximum capacity. To maximize the efficiency of current business operations and to enable the company to better accommodate new business an expansion was started. In 2002 the expansion was completed. The new unit included new space for processing, shipping and receiving along with a new freezer and dry storage area.

Today, Antigonish Abattoir Ltd. is privately owned by 15 farmers / shareholders, is a HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) recognized Federally Inspected meat processing facility employing 45 people in Antigonish, NS. Our company can be looked at as manufacturing two separate product lines, fresh meats and processed meats. We market our fresh pork, and lamb under Antigonish Abattoir Ltd. Our processed products are marketed under the Tony's brand name, and allow us to value add to our fresh business.

Antigonish Abattoir currently processes 350 hogs and 60 lamb per week under Federal Inspection and market our products throughout Atlantic Canada and export markets. We are one of two Federally Inspected plants in Nova Scotia to butcher pork, and lamb.

Our processed products marketed under the Tony's brand currently include over fifty (50) products shipped mainly within Atlantic Canada and St. Pierre. Over the past year we have distributed Tony's' Brand products as far as Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.

Please visit the Products portion of our website to view our Tony's Brand and learn more about our product line and the company.

We also produce many private label products within this section of our business. Such products include:

• The Mr. Donair Product Line
  
• King of Donair Cones
  
• The Sobeys Compliments Fresh Sausage Line
  

Over the past few years, processing has been our main area of growth as we have utilized our Federal Inspection, location, and access to our own raw materials to gain market share and create new markets. This is the main area of our business we know will show strong growth in the future.