Customer Solutions / Co-Manufacturing

In retail and food service, we help make great brands even better. We have more than 40 years of experience helping customers bring their private label products to market. Historically, our customers include national brands, store brands, club stores and restaurant foodservice throughout Canada and the U.S.

Morrison Lamothe has an impressive track record of successful long-term partnerships with our customers, who rely on our experience and capabilities to provide them with practical and effective solutions. Our co-manufacturing operational excellence is delivered through:

• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles;
• 90 years of experience;
• Integrity and trust; and
• Customized Solutions tailored to customer needs.

We deliver on Key Customer Requirements in:

Manufacturing Processes, offering:

• Flexibility;
• Experience in a Regulated Environment with HACCP Capabilities; and
• Extensions to product lines or increased capacities.

Management Processes, ensuring:

• Quality Assurance systems for regulated food products;
• Account Management: we understand the needs for Brand Manufacturers; and
• Supply Chain integration.

Entrepreneurial Solutions, exhibiting:

• A non-bureaucratic culture and
• Rapid launch capabilities.

Lean Enterprise

Morrison Lamothe applies Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to many of its operating and manufacturing processes. We provide customer value with cost-effective solutions delivered in a quality-driven environment. Operational excellence is achieved by:

• Focusing on the challenges faced by customers and providing them with solutions;
• Turning feedback into actions that drive improvements in the way we service customers;
• Ensuring consistency in operations; and
• Striving for continuous improvement while reducing waste.

Food Safety

Morrison Lamothe Inc’s food processing facility in Toronto complies with the highest standards in Food Safety. We adhere to a Social Responsibility Code of Conduct. Our programs meet or exceed all regulatory and third-party auditor requirements.

We take our commitment to Food Safety very seriously. We believe everyone is responsible for Food Safety. Our employees are regularly trained in Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP). Our plant is regularly audited by third party auditors. We align ourselves with suppliers who share our philosophy to food safety. Our programs ensure we produce quality, safe food products for the consumer.

Human Resources

When you join Morrison Lamothe, you join a company that is proud of its 90-year history and its products, but most of all, its people.

Our employees are the heart and soul of our business. That is why we look for people who work with integrity and have mutual respect for their co-workers.  Many of our employees have long service to the company, and their dedication and loyalty are reflected in the quality of their work, in our products and in our workplace.

Morrison Lamothe is an equal opportunity employer offering a comprehensive benefits package and competitive wages.

Our Commitment

Morrison Lamothe Inc. is committed to providing a barrier-free environment for all employees, customers, vendors, contractors who access our goods, services or facilities. We believe in integration and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will take all reasonable measures to provide equal opportunity for access in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and its associated regulations, in a manner that respects the dignity and independence of individuals.

To achieve this, we have developed and implemented Accessibility Policies for our workplace. 

We welcome your feedback.

Please contact us with comments, suggestions or a request for documents:
• By phone: (416) 291-6762

Regular Business Hours are Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• By Email through our Contact Us form below
• By mail:

Morrison Lamothe Inc.
c/o Human Resources
1-825 Middlefield Road
Toronto ON M1V 4Z7

Health and Safety

Morrison Lamothe Inc. is dedicated to achieving and continuously improving the workplace for its employees.  A comprehensive occupational health and safety program is established, supported, maintained, and integrated with the company’s operational activities.

Everyone at Morrison Lamothe – visitors and contractors included – share a responsibility to maintain safety in our plant.

Activities related to occupational health and safety issues include:

• Joint health and safety committee;
• Monthly meetings and inspections;
• Compliance with Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) safety group guidelines; and
• Training for IAPA safety, first-aid, and CPR.

History

Morrison Lamothe is a third-generation family business, founded in 1933 as a bakery in Ottawa, Ontario by brothers-in-law Cecil Morrison and Richard Lamothe. The company began supplying fresh bread and grew into the largest bakery in the capital city area by the 1960s.  It diversified into the restaurant and catering business in the late 1940s, and then in the 1960s, into frozen food manufacturing.

The entry into frozen meals positioned Morrison Lamothe as an efficient producer specializing in meat pies and prepared dinners.  Expansion and modernization of a plant located in Toronto, Ontario allowed Morrison Lamothe to acquire the Holiday Farms brand in 1984 and move into the frozen entrée category. The acquisition of Northern Fine Foods in 1990 provided an opportunity to increase our presence in the expanding co-pack and private label segments of the frozen food market. Over the years we focused on segments that maximize our core competencies along with strengthening key partnerships.

In 2005, Morrison Lamothe diversified further through its acquisition of Club Coffee, one of the largest coffee roasters in North America. In 2022, Club Coffee became a part of OFI, a new operating group born out of Olam.

Today, Morrison Lamothe continues in family hands through Cecil Morrison’s grandchildren. John Pigott is CEO, his brother, David Pigott is President and their cousin, Kelly (Cook) Kubrick is Vice President and General Manager. The current generation succeeded Cecil’s daughters, Marguerite (Grete) Hale, Chair in 2005, and Jean Pigott, who ran the company from 1967 to 1978. Both sisters were Order of Canada recipients recognized for their outstanding public service and community involvement.

About Us / Awards

• Multiple award winner – one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies.
• Multiple award winner – President’s Choice Award for Innovative Supplier of the Year.
• President’s Choice Award Winner – Product of the Year: Salmon Wellington.
• President’s Choice Award Winner – Product Developer of the Year.