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Innisfail’s SunGold Specialty Meats involved in lamb industry merger

Jul 25, 2018 | 7:43 AM

RED DEER- Canada Gold Beef, owners of Innisfail based SunGold Specialty Meats and the Canada Gold Lamb Lot near Iron Springs Alberta, has announced the merger of their lamb operations with Manitoba based Fresh Canada Meats.

SunGold is Canada’s largest federal lamb processing plant.

Significant investments have been completed across many areas making it one of the premier lamb processing plants in North America.

The plant utilizes many of the latest technologies in processing and value-added production and ships products domestically and around the world to a diverse set of customers.

The newly merged entity, North American Lamb Company, will control lamb production and marketing for the group encompassing genetics, breeding, finishing, processing and sales.

The merger is designed to form a truly Canadian integrated lamb supply chain to provide premium lamb products to domestic and international markets with year-round consistent supply and specification.

Inconsistency has plagued the Canadian sheep and lamb industry for as long as it has existed.

Growing the lamb product demand in a diverse and growing market such as North America requires a consistent and reliable supply of product to allow solid programs to be built with retail and food service partners.

For the first time ever, Canadian retailers and food service companies will be able to get the volume of Canadian lamb they want, when they need it and at the specifications they require.

Consumers will benefit as well from greater availability, consistency and selection of branded lamb products.

(Gary McKinnon)