Lester's Foods Ltd. is a Canadian

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based in Laval, QC. Founded in 1931 by Eastern European immigrant Max Lester who sold meat products out of his

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, Quebec. The business continued under his sons Moe Lester and Joe Lester who opened a plant in 1964 to keep up with demand. The company's main products are

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and

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s, of which it produces some 140 million each year. The Lester's supermarket deli products company is not to be confused with the separately-owned Lester's Deli restaurant in Outremont, QC.

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Meat companies of Canada Companies based in Laval, Quebec {{Canada-company-stub