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Ault Foods Limited was a
Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
-based dairy processor and
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's largest dairy company acquiring other dairy companies across
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. The company was established around 1926. Ault sold off parts of their business in the mid-1990s; milk division (
Sealtest Dairy Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also late ...
and
Silverwood Dairy Silverwood Dairy was a London, Ontario, Canada, dairy company that operated in the early 20th century and was later acquired as a brand name by Ault Foods. History Founding owner and early years Silverwood Dairy was founded by Albert Edward Sil ...
) was sold to
Agropur Agropur Cooperative is a Canadian dairy cooperative founded on August 24, 1938, in Granby, Quebec, by L.-A. Mondou, Omer Deslauriers, and 86 local dairy producers. Headquartered in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, Agropur has grown to b ...
. Ault itself was acquired by
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in 1997 and the name ceased to exist.


Operations

Ault had 15 processing plants and 30 outlying distribution depots: Some processing facilities included: * Winchester, Ontario *
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Orleans, Ontario Orleans (; French: ; officially and in French Orléans)The suburb is called ''Orléans'' (with an accent) in French, and is commonly called ''Orleans'' (no accent) in English. The official name in English was changed from ''Orleans'' to ''Orlé ...
Main distribution centres consists of: *
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Brands

A list of products sold by Ault: *
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*
Sealtest Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also late ...
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in
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* Drumstick * Orco


See also

*
Parmalat Canada Groupe Lactalis S.A. (doing business as Lactalis) is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier S.A. Lactalis is the largest dairy pr ...
**
Beatrice Foods Canada Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. is a dairy unit of Lactalis Canada based in Toronto. The Canadian unit of Beatrice Foods was founded in 1969 and separated from its American parent firm, Beatrice Foods in 1978. The Beatrice trademark in Canada is owned ...
**
Sealtest Dairy Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also late ...
**
Silverwood Dairy Silverwood Dairy was a London, Ontario, Canada, dairy company that operated in the early 20th century and was later acquired as a brand name by Ault Foods. History Founding owner and early years Silverwood Dairy was founded by Albert Edward Sil ...
*
Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...
**
Parlour A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessar ...


References

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External links


http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/MagRack/RH/RH_E_97_05.htm

Ault Foods
Companies based in Toronto Dairy products companies of Canada Lactalis brands Companies disestablished in 1997 Defunct companies of Ontario 1926 establishments in Ontario 1997 mergers and acquisitions