Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Another small-bird chicken processor gets ok

Chicken Farmers of Ontario has approved a tthird processor for the small-bird market which is particularly popular at Portuguese barbecue outlets.

Sure Fresh Foods Inc., of Bradford, Ontario, is planning to start processing ‘Small Whole Birds’ for the Portuguese barbeque market in early fall of 2018.

Before the chicken board launched its program for small whole birds, the Portuguese barbecue restaurants and outlets were starved for supplies because the processors who had been serving them dropped that line because it was less profitable.

Two new processors could only get into the market because the chicken board, which rations birds among processors, has chosen to supply them.


Two new processors could only get into the market because the chicken board, which rations birds among processors, has chosen to supply them. Farm Fresh Poultry of Harriston was supplying this market previously and has been included in the marketing board’s new program.

Conscious Living Cuisine Processing Ltd. is the third processor in this category.