Butchers and Packers Supplies Since

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Butchers & Packers Supplies (2001) Ltd. owners Derrick Trites and Scott Kelly are determined to maintain the company tradition of the former Edmonton Butchers & Packers Supplies which failed in March. "This is my dream, right here," said Trites yesterday at the new store at 122 Avenue and Fort Road. Derrick Trites, left, and Scott Kelly hold up some meat-packing and sausage making supplies at Butchers & Packers Supplies' new store, located in North Edmonton. "I'm a salesman. Any small business is fine. Bigger is not always better." That's a lesson Trites learned when the company failed earlier this year. Butchers & Packers had operations in Edmonton, Calgary, Grande Prairie and Port Moody, B.C. The original Edmonton Butchers & Packers was founded by G.H. Saywell, and was later taken over by his sons. A separate company of similar name was started earlier in Calgary in 1919 but was bought by Edmonton Butchers & Packers in 1986. It employed 60 people when the bank called its financing. "Most of them had jobs within days," said Trites. "Butchers & Packers has been around a long time; it was a shame to see it go down." The Grande Prairie operation was sold to employees, said Trites, who was part-owner and president of the failed version of the company. Butchers & Packers supplies meat industry products like grinders, knives, casings and additives like peppers or liquid smoke. Its customer base is independent butchers, many of them rural, and hunters...

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