1090 Lithium Dr. Thunder Bay, ON
Our new name, Superior Foods, represents both the history of quality products we’ve brought into Northwestern Ontario from all over the world and our future as sustainable partners in the regional food system developing around Lake Superior and Northwestern Ontario.
We’ve been a part of the community since Frank Petrone opened the doors here in 1951 under the name of Frank’s Locker Service.
Famous for frozen meats, poultry and groceries, Frank’s became an icon and in 2006 when Frank retired, new owner Luis Alves began operating it side-by-side with his other business, a broadline distributorship called LA Quality Foods. Specializing in European products back then, Luis worked with suppliers like Saputo Foods, Midland Seafood, Sardo and Ferma Imports to supply Thunder Bay with specialty cheeses, a full range of fish and seafood, European food lines and pizza supplies. Eventually the two companies merged and ran under the name of LA Quality Foods until 2015, when we re-branded to reflect the new focus we’ve directed at local procurement.
Our new name, Superior Foods, represents both the history of quality products we’ve brought into Northwestern Ontario from all over the world and our future as sustainable partners in the regional food system developing around Lake Superior and Northwestern Ontario.
Superior Foods is a broadline foodservice distributor serving Northwestern Ontario from our base in Thunder Bay, where we supply our warehouse and butchery operations from sources ranging from large international suppliers to small local farmers.
We serve customers from the Rainy River district to Sault Ste Marie, and we seek out farmers who want to work with us everywhere we go to help bring the home-town advantage to our customers.
We believe in supporting the communities that support us, and so we work hard to develop short supply chains to reduce the distance food travels, to put more into the farmer’s pocket and to offer the freshest product available to our customers.