Our Story
From a family farm to your table
Our journey in beef began on a farm just outside of Winnipeg in 1959, and it's still being written by the same family.
Welcome to Carvers Online! We are pleased to invite you to join us on the next journey of our life's work, bringing you the very best we have to offer: exceptional, high quality beef that is produced and processed right here in Manitoba.
One family, one value chain
We truly feel blessed to look after the land and animals entrusted to our family's care. Here is how the story unfolded.
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1959
A family farm is born
Our roots go back to a family farm started just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It raised 9 kids and produced a whole lot of food over the years, with beef as the main product.
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1986
Clover Spring Farms Inc. is formed
The kids grew, and so did the farm. Two of the brothers took over, reorganized the ownership structure and formed Clover Spring Farms Inc. Today the third generation of the family is taking the reins.
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2004
The Carvers Knife opens
During a very difficult period for the Canadian cattle industry, our family started a small retail meat shop in Winnipeg to gain market stability, and to test whether a smaller, shorter, local beef supply chain could work in an industry dominated by very large global companies. In November, The Carvers Knife, Winnipeg's Finest Meat Shop, was born. The first few years were tough, but customers welcomed our store and our product, and the business grew.
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2006
Wholesale joins retail
We expanded into wholesale as well as retail, selling to other meat shops, grocery stores and restaurants in Winnipeg and the surrounding area. Again, the business grew.
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2008
Every step, from farm to customer
We purchased the abattoir that was doing the primary processing of our cattle, taking on responsibility for every part of the beef supply chain. A wholesale distribution warehouse was added in later years, bringing high quality Manitoba beef to markets right across Canada.
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2011
A bigger vision
Recognizing the need for more local capacity for cattle harvest and processing, we began planning a much larger facility to benefit all of Manitoba's cattle producers and the provincial economy. The obstacles were huge, but we persevered, with the help of many others, particularly our investment shareholders.
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2015
True North Foods opens
In December, True North Foods began operations as Manitoba's only Federally Inspected Ruminant slaughter facility. It has grown quickly into a trusted supplier of ground beef and other beef products for most major Canadian retail chains. An expansion is now underway to open even more market access for Manitoba cattle.
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Today
Carvers, and now Carvers Online
The Carvers brand is trusted to provide beef and other protein products of the highest quality at great value, in both retail and wholesale markets. And now we hope to continue the journey with you.
From farm to customer
And now we hope to continue this journey with you. With Carvers Online, it is our hope that you will give us the opportunity to offer our very best in terms of product, value, and integrity, right through from Clover Spring Farms to True North Foods to Carvers Online.
From my family to yours,
Taste what three generations built
From Clover Spring Farms to True North Foods to Carvers Online.