Hayter's Farm

What Hayter's Farm does

Hayter's Farm is a family-owned Canadian turkey producer and food products company founded in 1948 in Dashwood, Ontario, and now operated by the second and third generations of the Hayter family alongside a team of 132-150+ employees. The company operates a fully integrated Poult-to-Plate vertical model at a single site near Lake Huron, raising turkeys in open-sided barns with natural ventilation, processing and packaging them on-site under federal inspection, and selling finished products through its own farm store and across Canada.

The product portfolio spans 73+ SKUs across whole turkeys, breast and thigh cuts, naturally smoked turkey, sausages, burgers, meatballs, meatloaf, roasts, minced turkey, frankfurters, pepperoni, and bacon-style products, with most lines positioned as gluten-free, extra-lean, and free of added hormones or steroids. Differentiated operational capabilities include proprietary open-sided barn design developed after a 1971 heat-loss event, HACCP food safety systems, Halal Canada and BSI certifications, and sustainability infrastructure (solar panels, composting of inedible byproducts, recycled wastewater for crop irrigation).

Hayter's Farm sells primarily through wholesale grocery distribution to major Canadian banners (Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland, Longo's, Farm Boy) along with specialty grocers, farmers markets, a meal-kit channel (HelloFresh), and its own direct-to-consumer farm store in Dashwood. The business is family-held with no external investors or parent company disclosed, no public revenue reporting, and federal inspection status enabling interprovincial and international shipping since the early 1990s.

Name

Hayter's Farm

Legal name

Hayter's Farm

Website

https://haytersfarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hayter's Farm is a family-owned Canadian turkey producer operating since 1948 in Dashwood, Ontario, running a fully integrated Poult-to-Plate operation that raises, processes, and retails 73+ turkey products to grocery chains, meal-kit partners, and direct consumers nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Processed Poultry

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Turkey Production (112330)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)

akta.pro primary industry

Turkey Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAH)

Keywords

• Turkey farming
• Processed turkey products
• Gluten-free turkey
• Poultry meat production
• Family farm products

Headquarters

HQ city

Dashwood

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retail Turkey Products: Sale of fresh and frozen turkey products including cuts, sausages, burgers, meatballs, roasts, and whole turkeys through major retail chains and direct farm store. Products available at Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland, Longo's, and Farm Boy nationwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hayter's Farm is a family-owned Canadian turkey farm operating since 1948 that raises, processes, packages, and retails a full line of turkey products including whole turkeys, turkey cuts, sausages, burgers, meatballs, meatloaf, roasts, minced turkey, and smoked turkey. The company is the only federal establishment in Canada to raise, process, package, and retail all in one location, distributing through major grocery chains and its own farm store in Dashwood, Ontario.

Product overview

Hayter's Farm is a family-owned Canadian turkey farm and food products company operating since 1948. The company offers a diverse portfolio of turkey products across multiple categories including whole turkeys, turkey cuts (breast, thigh, wings), turkey burgers, turkey sausages, turkey meatballs, turkey meatloaf, turkey roasts, minced turkey, naturally smoked turkey products, and turkey bacon. Their products are available through major Canadian retailers including Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland, Longo's, and Farm Boy, as well as their own retail store in Dashwood, Ontario. The company operates as a Poult-to-Plate integrated operation, raising, processing, packaging, and retailing all in one location. Most products are gluten-free, and the company emphasizes no added hormones or steroids, responsible antibiotic use, and HACCP food safety standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Whole Turkey

Quantifiable outcome

• No added hormones or steroids - banned in all Canadian poultry but explicitly committed to regardless of regulation.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SobeyscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor Canadian retail chain partner distributing Hayter's Farm turkey products nationwide across 150+ store locations.
• Farm BoycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOntario-focused fresh food retailer partner with 50+ locations carrying Hayter's Farm products.
• Longo'scoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOntario-based specialty grocery retailer partner serving the Greater Toronto Area market.
• Hello FreshminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMeal kit delivery service partner using Hayter's Farm turkey products in their meal kits.
• Canadian Food Inspection AgencycoreOthersFederal regulatory body overseeing food safety, HACCP compliance, and federal inspection status for interprovincial and international trade.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Empire Company (Sobeys parent): Empire Company is the parent of Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland, and other banners that distribute Hayter's Farm products. Included as an ecosystem participant because retail partner power dynamics directly shape Hayter's shelf access and pricing.

Broad incumbents

• Perdue Farms: Perdue Farms is a major U.S. poultry producer with a turkey line (Perdue Turkey) including roasts, cutlets, and ground turkey. Overlaps with Hayter's Farm in turkey processing, branded retail SKUs, and no-antibiotic-raised positioning.
• Maple Leaf Foods: Maple Leaf Foods is Canada's largest protein company with poultry, pork, and prepared foods operations including the Lilydale turkey brand. A broader incumbent that overlaps with Hayter's Farm across federally inspected turkey processing and national retail distribution.
• Tyson Foods: Tyson Foods is the largest U.S. poultry producer and also offers turkey products through its brands. Comparable as a broad incumbent in federally inspected poultry processing and retail distribution, though much larger and more diversified than Hayter's Farm.
• Cargill Protein & Salt: Cargill is a global agribusiness with a North American turkey business (Shady Brook Farms, Honeysuckle White). Comparable in vertically integrated turkey farming and processing with national retail distribution at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Jennie-O Turkey Store (Hormel Foods): Jennie-O is one of the largest branded turkey producers in North America, owned by Hormel Foods. Closely comparable product portfolio (whole birds, ground turkey, sausages, deli meats) and vertically integrated operations.
• Butterball: Butterball is the largest turkey producer in North America, operating across farming, processing, and branded retail products. Directly comparable in product mix (whole birds, cuts, burgers, sausages, deli meats) and vertically integrated farm-to-retail model.
• Shady Brook Farms (Cargill): Shady Brook Farms is a Cargill-owned turkey brand offering whole birds, turkey breasts, and ground turkey across U.S. retail. Directly comparable in branded turkey retail product portfolio and federally inspected processing.
• Lilydale (Maple Leaf Foods): Lilydale is a leading Canadian turkey processor acquired by Maple Leaf Foods. Directly comparable to Hayter's Farm as a federally inspected Canadian turkey producer with national retail distribution and processed turkey SKUs.

Regional players

• Foster Farms: Foster Farms is a large U.S. West Coast poultry producer offering turkey products including whole birds, deli meats, and ground turkey. Comparable in integrated poultry processing and retail distribution, though primarily U.S. regional rather than Canadian.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HaytersFarm
• Instagraminstagram.com/haytersfarm
• Xx.com/haytersfarm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hayter-s-turkey-farm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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