Patates Dolbec

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Patates Dolbec is a family business that has earned itself an enviable reputation in the agri-food sector through hard work, a tireless passion for agriculture, and a dynamic team that brings experience and innovation to potato farming. The Dolbec family are no strangers to the art of potato growing.

The story of our company goes back 50 years to 1967 when we had just 25 acres of land, one horse and a plow! But, driven by a team determined to see the company grow, we have steadily expanded over three generations.

COMPANY PROFILE

Experience • Passion • Diversification • Reliability • Flexibility

more than 125 people at your service who are each passionate about their field, a research team on the lookout for innovations, a dynamic and committed team always seeking to outdo themselves in satisfying their customers.

A laboratory for starting cuttings, its seed farm and its table stock potato farms to ensure optimum food security and traceability.

Modern atmosphere-controlled and refrigerated warehouses that store more than 1,500 potato trucks and an inventory to serve our customers year-round.

A high-end category 4.0 packing centre, fully equipped to wash and brush tubers before they are inspected and sorted by optical sorters based on several predetermined characteristics.

High-end tractor with equipment: text: agricultural equipment at the cutting edge of technology.

10,000 acres of land in rotation, more than 15 exceptional quality potato varieties available in various formats. Patates Dolbec is constantly in search of tasty, resilient new varieties to satisfy consumers.

Protecting the land and the environment. A 2 to 3-year crop rotation with multiple grains (corn, barley, wheat, soybeans, peas, etc.). Rotation enables breaking the disease cycle, reducing soil erosion by 90 percent and maintaining the land in perfect health.

A LEADER IN HIS DOMAIN

Patates Dolbec is without a doubt a leader in its field. The largest producer in eastern Canada, Patates Dolbec must, despite the vastness of its cultivated lands, buy from other Quebec producers. From 5 to 15% of its inventory is exported to Ontario and the United States. Patates Dolbec owns a cattle feedlot and is affiliated with a vegetable processing company. This means that only Canada #1 potatoes are packed for market—the remainder is used for cattle feed or processing.

Patates Dolbec is 50 years of history, growth, vast cultivated lands and especially, a passionate commitment to a sustainable vision of agriculture. It is our hope that this passion will be passed down to the next generation.

OUR VALUE

WELLNESS

Promote a rewarding, pleasant, welcoming work environment;

Be proactive in improving the quality of life of our teams;

Ensure safe work places;

Be involved in the community and industry to support community development.

INNOVATION

Encourage continuous improvement through creativity and curiosity within teams;

Improve our products and processes by providing technological leadership;

Invest in research and development;

Integrate new processes and new technologies for the benefit of our agriculture.

RESPECT

Be honest and transparent in our decisions and actions;

Apply good agricultural practices to protect the environment;

Protect and preserve our reputation;

Establish a climate that promotes respectful interrelationships between our teams and our partners.

TEAMWORK

Ensure the fulfillment of our teams by empowering them in their actions;

Foster communication and openness;

Support team performance through talent development;

Provide the tools needed to achieve common goals.

AIM FOR EXCELLENCE

Respect our commitment to customers, suppliers and employees;

Provide a personalized service;

Follow our procedures with discipline and rigor;

Guarantee the quality of our products and food safety.

PATATES DOLBEC: A TRUE POTATO GIANT!

. Biggest potato producer in eastern Canada

. 10,000 acres of land

. We produce close to 40,000 tons of potatoes per year

. We store, pack, buy and sell enough potatoes to fill 2,000 tractor-trailers per year, in other words:

10,000,000 ten-pound bags!

Patates Dolbec is also:

A grain centre with a 7,000-ton capacity used to process, dry and store corn, barley, wheat and soy.

We process 12,000 tons of grain per year

A WORD FROM PRESIDENT

50 years . . . such a lot has happened in that time! Changes, worries, investments, risks, joys and sorrows—experienced by three generations of motivated, dedicated, hard-working people, driven by a desire to take agriculture to new heights. In 1967, my parents, Herman and Francine, purchased a business from my grandfather, Adrien Dolbec, consisting of one horse, a plow and 25 acres of land. Thanks to their enthusiasm, discipline, determination and vision, Patates Dolbec has become a leader in the agri-food sector.

Today, I’m grateful to my parents for letting me run around the potato cellar, reverse tractor-trailers, help out in the warehouse after school, drive tractors (and sometimes even break them) . . . What an education it was! Slowly but surely, they transmitted to me their passion for agriculture and their desire to go further, work hard and think outside the box. Thank you for believing in me. Herman, I hope that from on high, you can see all the changes that have taken place. It’s truly fantastic. A special thank you to all those who have supported, and continue to support, Patates Dolbec. Every day, we meet new challenges. Our goal is to remain at the cutting edge of technology, to stay one step ahead of the game. We never take anything for granted.

Our watchwords are: delegate, respect and diversify. Today, Patates Dolbec is a huge family of over 125 colleagues overseeing 10,000 cropped acres. It’s also a story of impressive technological evolution—from a single horse to air-conditioned, GPS-enabled tractors. Just ask my uncle Martial who recently turned 80 and worked with us until he was 76 (ever keen to follow the lead of young people!). He has witnessed all the changes, from the time of my great-grandfather to the present. The evolution is nothing short of incredible: agriculture today is extremely high-tech.

For the future, Patates Dolbec intends to remain a leader in the field by incorporating new potato varieties; ensuring ongoing customer satisfaction; increasing our growing area; protecting the environment at every level; increasing our R&D budgets; reducing production costs; and continuing to offer ongoing training to help our employees attain their career goals.

In short, Patates Dolbec is a fantastic team where everyone does their share to provide customers with a top-quality product. If only consumers knew how much work goes into producing the potatoes they buy at the grocery store . . . It’s a colossal job that has to be carried out with the utmost care—and according to the whims of Mother Nature. For 50 years, we have optimized all of our processes to offer you the best product possible. We thank you for choosing Dolbec potatoes for your favourite recipes!