Stawnichy'S Holdings Ltd. company information, Employees & Contact Information

The Sausage business was originally started in Mundare, Alberta by Mr. Woytko Stawnichy during 1959. The business was located in a small Grocery/Confectionery store which had one Smokehouse for cooking sausage. Through continued experimenting and changing, Mr. Stawnichy developed a recipe for the Sausage which was of superb quality and taste. This same quality has been maintained throughout the years by strict quality control. Mr. Edward E. Stawnichy became involved with the business during 1965 and took over from his father fully in 1971. As the product gained recognition, the single Smokehouse soon became unable to meet the production requirements and it was evident that changes had to be made. The decision was made to sell the Grocery store business and build a new Meat Processing Plant in Mundare, Alberta. The construction of the building was completed and the official opening was held in March, 1979. The new building contained two Smokehouses to meet the market demands of our customers, however, within one year, the plant was again unable to keep up with the market. This resulted in building an extension to the premises and adding two additional Smokehouses. The business operated in this manner until August, 1983 at which time the tremendous support of our customers made it necessary to once again renovate the premises to increase the output capacity. The renovation included completely remodelling the inside of the Plant along with the installation of three new Griffith Stainless Steel Smokehouses. These Smokehouses, which gave us the capacity of producing 3,300 Lbs of Sausage every three and one half hours, are very precise and exact in their controls, resulting in a superb quality controlled product which is marketed on a Province wide basis. During 1988 we found it necessary to once again expand our capacity. We accomplished this by tripling our building size to approximately 11,500 square feet and adding an additional Griffith Stainless Steel Smokehouse, a new stuffing machine complete with clipper and a number of other new pieces of equipment including an industrial cutter, a High Tech computerized cooking tank and Dixie Vac roll stock vacuum packaging machine. This new facility enables us to continue supplying our customers with the fine quality processed meat products that they have become accustomed to. In addition to the Home Made Style Ukrainian Sausage, we have other products available such as Pepperoni, Boneless and Bone-In Hams, Side and Back Bacon, Kubbie Patties, European and Western Cheese Wieners, Smokies, Lunch Meats, Salamis, etc. During 1986 Mundare Sausage House was opened at 10752 - 124 Street in Edmonton through which our products were sold during the ensuing years. The leased premises became inadequate resulting in the decision to make more changes. A Convenience/Grocery store was purchased at 11401 - 50 Street Edmonton and was completely renovated to suit our needs. This new location includes on-site parking for our customers which was not available at the previous location. The outlet at 10752 -124 Street was closed as of August 31, 1992 to coincide with the opening of the new store at 11401 - 50 Street. Our official Grand Opening celebrations were held on Sept. 5, 1992. The new store features all of our products which can be purchased either in small retail amounts or in bulk wholesale quantities, as well as "Uncle Ed's, Place for Ukrainian Food" where a full selection of delicious Ukrainian food plates can be chosen from in addition to our tasty hotdogs, burgers, etc. The meals are available for take-out or can be eaten in our comfortable sit-down eating area. In 1992 & 1993 our company participated in the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction program which was sponsored by Alberta Economic Development and Trade. We were entered in the Small Business category in which we were chosen as one of the top three businesses in the Province of Alberta each year. Mr. Edward Stawnich also received the honor of being selected as a winner of one of the five 1992 Pinnacle Awards sponsored by the law firm of Milner Fenerty. This award was given to Mr. Stawnichy in recognition of his unique entrepreneurial abilities and for the outstanding contribution made by our business to the economy of Northern Alberta. We are presently in process of completing plans for a building extension to Federal Standards in order to broaden our market share to include all of Canada. The projected construction start date has been set for the Spring of the year 2000. We extend our appreciation and thanks to our customers for their tremendous support of our products.