Olymel Announces the Definitive Closure of its St-Hyacinthe Plant

November 18, 2022 Olymel l.p.

Olymel’s management regrets to announce the closure of its pork processing plant located on St-Jacques street in St-Hyacinthe. The 107 employees still actively working in this facility’s melting, storage and packaging operations have been notified about this decision and have received a 12-week notice of termination, in accordance with the provisions of Quebec’s Act respecting labour standards.

Olymel’s Message to Alberta Pork Producers

February 22, 2021 Olymel

The temporary shutdown of Olymel’s hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant in Red Deer is affecting the many Albertans hog producers, including Olymel’s company owned farms that ship market hogs to Red Deer on a weekly basis. The company understands the strain this has put on their operations as we estimate the backlog to be approximately 80-90,000 animals.

Olymel Announces Investment to Increase Production Capacity at its Ange-Gardien Pork Processing Plant

February 5, 2021 Olymel l.p.

Olymel management today announced an investment of $9 million to set up a second shift at its Ange-Gardien (formerly F.Ménard) hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant in Montérégie-Est, Quebec. This investment and the new evening shift will create more than 250 new jobs and should be in operation by next September.