Country Foods

Country Foods
Industry Egg supplier
Predecessor Farmers Trading Center
Founded 1997
Founder Spanish Lookout Community
Headquarters Route 30 East, Spanish Lookout, Belize
Area served
 Belize
Key people
 Rolando Reimer
Owner Spanish Lookout Community
Number of employees
 26
Website countryfoods.bz

Country Foods is Belize's main supplier of eggs. It is located in the heart of Spanish Lookout. Country Foods has six delivery trucks, delivering eggs, rice, beans, corn and minza countrywide.[1]

History

In 1958 the Mennonites moved to Belize from Mexico, searching a country of freedom. Not long after that they started raising hens and marketing eggs countrywide. At first they sold the eggs at Farmers Trading Center but in 1997 they split up and started a separate company, Country Foods.[2]

In 2014 a disease invaded the country and thousands of hens were slaughtered, raising the egg price. Then on a windy day at 1500 on February 10, 2016, an employee lit the trash near the building. The flames rose high into the air and the breeze carried sparks into the building igniting a huge flame. The Spanish Lookout Fire Department and BNE water trucks battled the flames until nightfall. By the time the fire was contained all the warehouse and its contents had been burnt and destroyed.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Foods, Country. "Welcome to Country Foods". Country Foods. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Belize Ag Report - A New Look for Country Food's Eggs". AgReport.bz. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fire at Country Foods in Spanish Lookout". PlusTVBelize.com. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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