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Our famous fully cooked turkey dinners
Take the stress and mess out of your family gathering and let us do the cooking! Our famous turkey dinner specials grow in popularity every eating holiday. Chefs Derek and Greg season and roast...
Let’s Talk Deli Meat!
Did you know we roast our own deli meat in house? Our store-made roast beef is legendary – think Sunday night roast leftovers for the best roast beef sandwiches on earth! We roast beef flats in...
Celebrate Food Day Canada this weekend!
Join us as we celebrate Food Day Canada this weekend! The late Anita Stewart, who was a friend and enthusiastic Fraberts supporter, started this event to help Canadian beef farmers through the BSE...
What’s so wild about wild blueberries?
It’s blueberry season in Ontario and we are please to offer both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush) blueberries at Fraberts. Wild blueberries are harvested from forests or farms in northern...
Ontario strawberries available until frost?
It’s true…let’s celebrate the “day neutral” strawberry! While “June bearing” strawberry plants flower according to day length, day neutral plants continue to flower and produce fruit as long as it’s...
What are garlic scapes and what should I do with them?
Garlic scapes are weird squirrelly green stalks that grow from the garlic bulb at this time of year. The stalk often includes a bud, which would flower if left on the bulb. Scapes are usually...
Foodland Ontario
Do you recognize this logo? Does the jingle “Good things grow-whoa-whoa…in Ontar-iii-ooo” ring a bell? The Foodland Ontario program dates back to 1977, with a mission to promote the great taste,...
Meet Our Suppliers! Harriston Packers
Kurt Oelschlagel founded Harriston Packing Co. in 1967 after coming to Canada from Germany and settling in Harriston, Ontario. Kurt's family upbringing in the German meat trade, combined with his...
How to Grill the Perfect Steak
Three Tips for the Perfect Steak About half an hour before grilling take the steak out of the fridge to bring to room temperature, sprinkle generously with kosher salt. Sear the steak over high heat...
Local Food Week June 3-9, 2024
This week (June 3-9) is Local Food Week in Ontario! While every week is local food week at Fraberts, this is a week marked specially by the province to celebrate and promote Ontario farmers and...
Holiday News
Our famous fully cooked turkey dinners
Take the stress and mess out of your family gathering and let us do the cooking! Our famous turkey dinner specials grow in popularity every eating holiday. Chefs Derek and Greg season and roast...
Easter Order Deadline is Sunday, March 24
Easter is sneaking up on all of us! We will have gorgeous Schinkel's spiral sliced hams, Harriston black forest hams, Ontario lamb, and fresh Belwood turkeys. Or skip the mess and spend more time...
Thanksgiving Hours
OPEN Saturday 10-6 CLOSED Sunday to spend time with our families OPEN Monday 11-5 Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Dinner Orders Due this Weekend
Thanksgiving Orders Due This Weekend Take the stress out of Thanksgiving with our full family-style turkey dinners for 12 or 6 - comes with fully roasted turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, maple...
Labour Day Weekend Hours
Open all Labour Day weekend for your long weekend BBQ and/or back to school needs! Friday September 1: 10-6 Saturday September 2: 10-6 Sunday September 3: 11-5 Monday September 4: 11-5
Canada Day Long Weekend
Canada Day Long Weekend OPEN all weekend long! Friday, June 28 – 10am-7pm Saturday, June 29 – 10am-6pm Sunday, June 30 – 11am-5pm Canada Day Monday, July 1 – 11am-5pm We’ll be fully stocked with...
Long Weekend News
Long Weekend Hours Open all weekend! • Friday 10-7 • Saturday 10-6 • Sunday 11-5 • Monday 11-5 Local Food Update! Asparagus, fiddleheads, rhubarb, and local organic greens and sprouts are all in!...
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day Special! Valentine’s Day is around the corner! Impress your valentine with our romantic dinner for 2 package! Two Atlantic lobster tails, shrimp, scallops, and prosciutto...
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away! Order your turkey or anything else you need by Friday, September 28 to avoid disappointment. Every year we receive rave reviews about our...
Long Weekend Hours
Peaches and sweet corn and blueberries and so much more!! I love this time of year! Virtually all of our produce is now local – peaches from Niagara, local sweet corn, Ontario blueberries,...