Our history
TRADITION.
Founded in 1948 in Trois-Rivières by two close friends, Fernand Colbert and Fernand Pratte, La Fernandière is a family business that’s been run by three generations of Colberts.
While in the beginning La Fernandière produced cretons and boudin, Jimmy Colbert, who took over from his father Fernand in 1982, expanded the product line to include different types of sausages, head cheese and other charcuterie. His new partner, Marc Lafontaine, a marketing specialist, worked to develop the brand and the market as well as the company’s first distinctive new flavours.
In 2005, a new partner joined the La Fernandière ranks. With a background in management, accounting and tax, Yanick Gervais, grandson of co-founder Fernand Colbert, contributed to expanding the business by optimizing its management and production processes.
The company’s growth is marked by several milestones, including the arrival of vegetable casings in 2008, which reduced production costs, and the construction of a new plant, three times bigger and with leading-edge technology, in 2012.
For over 75 years now, La Fernandière has been growing its one-of-a-kind industry know-how while never missing a chance to renew itself and offer its customers the most flavourful products.