Peak of the Market

Peak's own site describes it as a grower-owned business. Manitoba Co-operator's history of the 2020-2022 deregulation of Peak's provincial marketing-board monopoly quotes CEO Pamela Kolochuk telling a legislative committee that Peak was re-forming as a private, for-profit company with its then 12 Manitoba growers as shareholders; its board of directors is drawn from those grower families, including Marlon Kuhl of Southern Potato Co. Manitoba's Companies Online corporate registry requires a paid account we could not access to verify shareholding directly.

• Welcome - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement “As a Grower-owned business with a full-service team from sales to logistics to packing and distribution, Peak controls the supply chain from seed to plate.”
• From Peak to obsolete - Manitoba Co-operator press “Today Peak of the Market is re-forming as a private, for-profit company with the 12 growers as shareholders.”
• Peak of the Market navigates tariffs, consumer shifts - Manitoba Co-operator press “The company, which is a privately owned firm that sprung from a former provincially legislated monopoly, remains committed to supporting both domestic and international partners during the tariff war.”
• Directors - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement

Packing, grading and cold storage take place at Peak's own 65,000-square-foot facility on King Edward Street in Winnipeg, per Manitoba Co-operator's account of the company's history; that address is also the only site the vendor lists beyond its Calgary sales office, and an open logistics posting references a Production team coordinating in-bound and out-bound shipments there. Deregulation let member growers, such as Kroeker Farms, begin packing product themselves, but that capacity is also Manitoba-based, so no non-Canadian packing site is implicated for what reaches Canadian shelves.

• From Peak to obsolete - Manitoba Co-operator press “In 1960, Gardeners moved into a 65,000-square-foot facility on King Edward Street. Besides washing and grading equipment, it had temperature-controlled storage. That's where Peak of the Market still stands.”
• Welcome - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement “Winnipeg Location 1200 King Edward Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3H 0R5”
• Open Positions - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement “This role works collaboratively with the Procurement team and closely with the Sales and Production teams.”

Peak lists only two locations, a Winnipeg head office and packing plant and a Calgary sales office, both in Canada; its leadership team and board of directors are Manitoba-based.

• Leadership - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement
• Welcome - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement “Winnipeg Location 1200 King Edward Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3H 0R5 ... Calgary Location Calgary, AB, Canada, T3N 0A4”

Core supply is Manitoba-grown potatoes, onions and root vegetables from named grower-shareholder farms, but CEO Pamela Kolochuk said Canadian weather 'does not allow us to have all products from Canada all year round,' and an open logistics role tracks product sourced domestically, from the US, and internationally to fill the off-season. No published split exists, so the weighting toward the majority in-season Manitoba supply is this scorer's estimate.

• Peak of the Market navigates tariffs, consumer shifts - Manitoba Co-operator press “We would love to be able to grow all produce in Canada and supply all year round, however our weather does not allow us to have all products from Canada all year round.”
• Open Positions - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement “Track transportation for product being sourced (domestically, from the US and internationally)”
• What We Sell - Peak of the Market Ltd. vendor_statement “Red Potatoes Yellow Potatoes Russet Potatoes Fingerling Potatoes White Potatoes Creamer Potatoes Onions Asparagus Beets Cabbage”