Paterson GlobalFoods
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Paterson GlobalFoods is a family-owned international agri-food business. It was established in 1908 as the N. M. Paterson Company.

In 1912, N. M. Paterson built its first elevator at Fort William
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...

, with a handling capacity of 75,000 bushels. By 1928 the company, through construction and acquisition, owned 107 line elevators, and had entered the shipping business with the 1926 purchase of eleven steamers from the Interlake Steamship Company of Cleveland.

Today, PatersonGlobalFoods operates several divisions in the food industry.

It is headquartered in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
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, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada
Canada
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