A Canwood based organization is getting ready for their product to hit Western Canadian shelves.(Submitted Photo/ Roger Provoncher)

By Ronald Quaroni

Bison Burger

Canwood businesses burger to hit shelves in Prairies

May 13, 2019 | 12:49 PM

Raising buffalo on the prairies is becoming more popular and their appears to be an appetite for the product.

Canadian Prairie Bison, a Canwood based organization that is made up of 150 producers from across Western Canada, will soon have their bison burgers on grocery store shelves.

“We went to a meeting last year with Sobeys and proposed a bison burger to them,” Roger Provoncher, marketing manager for Canadian Prairie Bison said. “This year they’re going to give it a trial.”

The burgers will be appearing at Safeways and Sobeys in four cities in the province, Saskatoon, Regina, North Battleford and Prince Albert.

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“If you’re in the P.A area, as of Wednesday it’ll be delivered to Prince Albert, so P.A will have it,” Provoncher said.

While retail is something new to Canadian Prairie Bison, who have worked mainly on the whole sale side, they have been making the burgers for a while, even having them featured at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

“We sent out 22,000 burgers for that,” Provoncher told paNOW.

Provoncher explained that their operations began in 2001 with a group of producers and by 2005 they formed CPB.

The Buffalo are raised all over Western Canada. They are then transported to the Carmen Manitoba for processing. The burgers themselves are made in Winnipeg.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @RonaldQuaroni