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OUR ROOTS
In 1877 William Clark muscled his way into the Canadian prepared foods industry with nothing but a determined belief that he could make better-tasting, higher-quality food products and that, having made them, people would line up to buy them. With only three employees and no money in the bank he rented an old store front in downtown Montreal. Before long, William and his four sons had built Clark Foods into Canada’s largest diversified food enterprise.

The Clarks were a remarkable family. Like father, like sons, they were passionate about their business and committed to the values that had fueled its success. As company fortunes grew, the brothers just worked harder. And while they were active in the community, they went out of the way to avoid the spotlight. “We’re workers, not playboys” (then President) Harry Clark told MacLean’s (“Canada’s National Magazine”) in 1931. “We work all day and then go home and talk about our products while we eat them for dinner.”