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Seaforth Creamery sold to E.D. Smith
No changes expected at Seaforth plant after Creamery sale
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k time employees work at the
The Seaforth Creamery has been
purchased by jam and jelly makers
E.D. Smith Income Fund for $95.2
million, says a story by Canadian
Press.
The sale, announced last
Thursday, adds Seaforth Creamery's
280 employees at its manufacturing
facilities in Seaforth and Cambridge
to the 800 -plus employees at E.D.
Smith. Close to 150 full and part-
Seaforth plant.
Founded in 1882, E.D. Smith mar-
kets and distributes fruit -based
products including jams, pie fillings,
ketchup, sauces, salad dressings
And marinades in Canada and the
U.S.
Owners of the Seaforth Creamery,
Edward and Mark Barr will contin-
ue with E.D. Smith, Edward Barr
joining the fund's board of trustees
and active in the combined business
Huron farmers will join Perth
protest denying sludge:
Jennifer Hubbard
The Huron County Federation of
Agriculture announced Tuesday
morning it would be standing along-
side Perth farmers in their protest
denying municipalities the right to
spread sludge on local farmland.
Following a discussion at Monday
night's HCFA meeting, president
Nick Whyte said association board
members confirmed they would
"support the Perth County
Federation of Agriculture's initiative
to discourage the spreading of
municipal sludge on farmland.
"But keep in mind, as a federation
we can only offer support. We don't
want to infringe on landowners'
rights. It's up to each individual to
support the cause as well," he
explained.
Spreading of sludge usually occurs
in the spring before crops are plant-
ed or in the fall after harvest. Whyte
said he "has yet to hear of any
municipality in the county that
plans to spread sludge this spring.
"That doesn't mean it's not in the
works, but at our meeting last night
no one was aware of any plans for
the spring," he added. "Some munic-
ipalities don't even do it every year.
I know someone said Exeter has a
number of years between its
cleanouts."
The protest was started by the
Perth federation in hopes of getting
municipal councils involved in ongo-
ing efforts to raise awareness feder-
ally and provincially about the
income crisis facing farmers.
"I think the protests are making a
difference, although we won't see it
until some of the programs that will
help put us on more equal footing
with the U.S. and Quebec are put in
place," Whyte commented.
"There's still a long way to go."
McKillop Mutual Insurance president Jeffrey Campbell (at right) presents a
cheque worth $1,000 for the Lions pool renovation project to project orga-
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and Mark Barr as executive vice
president of sales and marketing.
None of the jobs at the Seaforth
Creamery are expected to be elimi-
nated as E.D. Smith has plans to
grow the business, says the CP
story.
Huron East economic develop-
ment officer Ralph Laviolette said
the municipality has been told by
Mark Barr that there will be no
changes to the Seaforth plant,
which will continue to operate as
usual.
"They've got an interesting niche
so I can see why they'd be attrac-
tive. I'm sure they'll continue to
operate for some time," said
Laviolette.
Seaforth Creamery is Canada's
largest producer of private-label
salad dressings and earned an
annual revenue of about $106 mil-
lion last year, about half as much as
E.D. Smith's.
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