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Dainty's
origins date back to 1882. Robert
Reford , a prominent Canadian figure in the shipping industry
established the Mount Royal Rice Milling and Manufacturing
Company with the purchase of the Parkyn Mill on the banks
of the Lachine Canal in Montreal. The company transformed
the old wheat flour mill into Canada's first rice mill.
In
1890, Mr. Robert Reford purchased another rice mill in Victoria,
as well acquired the Thermopylae,
the celebrated sailing vessel (also known as a Clipper). With
its proud and distinguish history.
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The
Thermopylae
was an important step in the Company's ability to transport rice
from the Far East, South America and Spain. The Clipper was later
sold, in 1895 to the Portuguese government.
In 1946, the Company had its initial public offering on the Montreal
Stock Exchange and was renamed the Mount Royal Rice Mills Limited.
At about the same time, the Company formed a subsidiary, adopting
the Dainty name which was the principle brand of it's packaged rice,
thus Dainty Foods Limited was born. By then, the Company had started
to shift its purchasing of rice from the Far East to the United
States.
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The original Lachine Canal mill operated until 1966 at which time
its operations were transferred to the newly constructed rice mill
in Windsor, Ontario. Windsor is the most southerly Canadian city thus
positioning the new rice mill much closer to the rice fields of the
southern U.S.. Dainty's Windsor rice-processing operation continued
the tradition of innovative technology, representing a significant
advance over the much outdated Lachine canal rice mill.
Today
Dainty's Windsor mill is still the only rice milling facility in
Canada. Its operations have been consistently updated, with the
enhancement of quality control standards and the development of
state-of-the-art data processing, computer networking and communications
facilities, thus maintaining Dainty's leadership position in the
industry.
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