Grissol Foods Limited

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Grissol Foods Limited

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  • Grissol

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      Dates of existence

      1942-

      History

      1942: Grissol founded in the Rosemont area of Montreal, Quebec by Pedro Pedralli, an Italian immigrant. In the early 1950s, the Rosemont bakery was purchased by a Mr. Chouinard.

      1961: Loney's Foods, owned by entrepreneur Yves Hudon, acquired Grissol. The name of the combined entitty was changed to Les Aliments Grissol Limitée / Grissol Foods Limited and all production was brought to a common location in the Ville Lasalle area of south Montreal, Quebec.

      1961: Grissol buys a cookie plant in Ste-Martine, Quebec, 30 km south of Montreal, Quebec. The plant is expanded and state-of-the-art Melba toast making technology installed.

      1960s: Production at the Loney's Foods Ville LaSalle facilities was expanded to include soup, pretzels, croutons, "bric-à-brac" and breadcrumbs while Melba toast was bread sticks were produced at the Sainte-Martine plant.

      1969: Grissol acquired Biscuits Viau and moved the head office of Grissol Foods to Viau's offices on Ontario Street, Montreal, Quebec.

      1972: Grissol including Viau and Loney's was acquired by Imasco Foods Limited, the food arm of Imperial Tobacco company.

      1975: When the Ste-Martine plant ran out of space, some production of bread and Melba toast was taken to unused space in the Viau plant.

      1980: After a factory fire destroyed a large part of the Grissol operations in Ste-Martine, Grissol employees rallied round and managed to rebuild the facilities. This rebuilding allowed all Grissol products to be made under the same roof in the present Ste-Martine plant.

      1983: Imasco Foods Limited, including Grissol, was acquired by Culinar Inc. of Montreal, Quebec.

      1999: Montreal cheese company Saputo Inc. buys Culinar, made up of the Vachon snack cakes businesses and the CFS (Cookies, Fine Breads and Soups) Division.

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      Biscuit and fine breads manufacturer.

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      Created by NM in March 2019.

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          The history of Grissol and its relationship to Dare Foods Limited was ascertained from a memorandum written by Bryan Dare to the University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives, the majority of which has been copied into the history note of this authority record. A physical copy of the memorandum can be found in SCA188-GA420-2-22

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