Abattoir owner seeks buyer for increasingly rare business
November 27, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative
After 46 years running his business, Brian Quinn of Quinn’s Meats in Yarker, Ont. is preparing to retire. He’s hoping to sell the commercial property to someone that will keep the abattoir and meat retail business intact, proving a challenge as fewer young people enter the industry.
“The trade hasn’t passed down from generation to generation,” Quinn said. “Pretty much everybody here is in their 50s. There are no young kids stepping up.”
Quinn describes his industry as “recession-proof, pandemic-proof and good, solid business.”
“We don’t work nights, we don’t work Sundays. It’s a good, solid, full-time job and it pays really competitively,” he said.
Read the full story on the Kingstonist here.
After 46 years running his business, Brian Quinn of Quinn’s Meats in Yarker, Ont. is preparing to retire. He’s hoping to sell the commercial property to someone that will keep the abattoir and meat retail business intact, proving a challenge as fewer young people enter the industry.
“The trade hasn’t passed down from generation to generation,” Quinn said. “Pretty much everybody here is in their 50s. There are no young kids stepping up.”
Quinn describes his industry as “recession-proof, pandemic-proof and good, solid business.”
“We don’t work nights, we don’t work Sundays. It’s a good, solid, full-time job and it pays really competitively,” he said.
Read the full story on the Kingstonist here.
