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Since 1914, Mayrand Food Service Group has become Quebec's food distribution expert. Our commitment is to offer you simple, fast and personalized solutions.
With over 700 professionals, we are the leading private, independent food distributor with food service stores. For over 40 years, we've been working with local producers to develop complete culinary solutions for our partners in the restaurant, hotel and institutional sectors.
In 2020, we joined forces to shape the future of the food industry in Quebec, responding swiftly to the COVID crisis. A single management was born, unifying all our activities under the power of the Mayrand brands. We offer physical distribution and warehouse stores open 7 days a week to make life easier for our customers.
Day after day, we move forward to excel in food distribution, with stores specially designed to satisfy our hotel, restaurant and institutional customers across Quebec, offering simple, fast and personalized solutions.
In April of 2020, we chose to adopt the Mayrand Plus identity following a study conducted with our customers and internal teams. This common brand, anchored in Quebec's culinary heritage, was adopted by Alimplus and its AOF division in Drummondville, which were acquired in February 2019.
For over 40 years, specialized food service distribution activities have only grown through the acquisition and consolidation of regional distributors.
Mayrand Plus is taking big steps to modernizing itself, with new working practices, certified warehouses, and upgraded vehicles that bear the Mayrand Plus identity on Quebec roads, right up to our clients’ doors.
In 2018, the Mayrand store, which had moved two years earlier from the Metropolitan Boulevard to Anjou on the A25 North, adopted the Mayrand Food Depot brand identity.
The Mayrand company was created by a Quebec family in Montreal in 1914. In 2019, the Mayrand banner came to represent the unique concept of a store specializing in food and small equipment for food professionals, open to the public, no membership card required.
The company equipped itself with modern e-commerce technology and successfully grew from 1 store to 4. 2020 and 2021 were marked by the opening of a location on the South Shore in Brossard at Mail Champlain on July 15, 2020, on the North Shore in Laval on the A440 West on October 21, 2020, and another in Saint-Jérôme on April 7, 2021. This is just the beginning of Mayrand’s geographic expansion within Quebec.
Private equity fund Walter Capital initially invested in both Mayrand and Alimplus in 2014, alongside Mr. Daniel Le Rossignol.
Recognizing the growth opportunities in the food sector, Walter Capital increased its investment in 2017. This was the starting point of Mayrand Food Service Group's strategy, which would be built solidly over the next 3 years.
This direct support from a committed, long-term shareholder base gave Mayrand Group access to the resources it needed to accelerate its growth, modernize its management tools and increase its reach within Quebec, all while counting on the support of shareholders who are committed to the business over the long term.
© Photo Credits : Audrey Boivin
Mayrand Food Depot is composed of 4 stores in Anjou, Brossard, Laval, and Saint-Jérôme, open to everyone, no membership card required. Each store offers an on-site pick-up service for online purchases, which is contactless if clients wish.
Mayrand Food Depot also includes the e-commerce website mayrand.ca, available to all and featuring the same prices as in-store, with delivery to the Greater Montreal area.
Mayrand Plus Food Service Distributor is a distribution and transportation network specialized in delivery throughout Quebec's ample territory.
© Photo Credits : Audrey Boivin