Saturday, September 30, 2023

Burnbrae buying two Nutri stations

Burnbrae Farms has an agreement with the Nutri Group to buy its egg-grading stations in Kitchener and Monkland, Ont.

It further consolidates the dominant hold that Burnbrae and Gray Ridge Eggs have in the Ontario market; it will now exceed 90 per cent.


There is a civil lawsuit, filed by Svante Lind, that alleges the two have discussed which one will serve which customers in various parts of Ontario and beyond, and when they will change wholesale prices.


They also made a joint purchase of Metzger Produce egg-grading station at Wallenstein, the largest previous sale of an egg-grading business in Ontario.


Lind’s lawsuit alleges that they and the Egg Farmers of Ontario marketing board colluded to drive him out of the egg-grading industry. 

A date has yet to be set for the trial which now involves only Gray and the egg board after Lind’s previous lawyer failed to require Burnbrae to produce documents and a judge ruled that Burnbrae could be let out.