VG Blog

Easter weekend is here! It’s been a very busy couple of weeks on the farm and in our retail locations as we prepare for the holiday, but no matter how busy it gets, we are feeling gratitude above all else.

Easter Sunday is just over a week away, so the VG Meats team is busy preparing all of your holiday orders! We’re also looking forward to some delicious local food and quality time with our own families over the holiday weekend. We hope that whatever your plans are, you get to enjoy the same!

As you plan your Easter menu, here are a few dinner ideas to get you started. If you’re hosting Easter brunch instead of dinner, consider grabbing some farm-fresh eggs, peameal bacon, classic pork bacon and other family favourites. We’ve got plenty of delicious breakfast items to choose from in store and online! Now back to dinner—if you’d like personalized recommendations or help placing your holiday pre-order, please contact us—we’d be glad to help.

Here’s something we know about our customers: they want to buy delicious, high quality, regenerative, local food for their families AND they want to save money on their weekly grocery bill. That’s a pretty tall order—but it’s not impossible. In fact, we’ve been working hard to make this a reality for our customers and the communities we’re a part of.

March is here and the Easter Bunny is on its way! This holiday weekend is special to a lot of families, and we’re looking forward to a wonderful Easter weekend with our loved ones. Whether you gather with family, attend church services, participate in a community Easter egg hunt or all of the above, we hope you have traditions of your own to look forward to!

If you know and love VG Meats, you’re probably familiar with a lot of our products—the incredible Ontario beef, poultry and pork products, or our homestyle prepared dishes that are ready to heat and serve. But as we continue to add amazing local products to our shelves, you may not be able to keep up!

If you look at the calendar, spring is still a little over three weeks away—but that hasn’t stopped us from dreaming about it. We’re thinking about blue skies, warmer weather, longer days with plenty of sunlight! Plus, plenty of exciting work happening on the farm (we’ll tell you more about that another day).

Whether you’re planning a family brunch, lunch with the grandparents or a big family dinner, VG Meats has everything you need for the Family Day weekend. Here are a few reminders to help you plan, shop and save on your favourite local products.

Whether you’re hosting a Super Bowl party with friends and neighbours or watching the game with your family, we know that food is part of the fun. Here are some game day snack and meal ideas from VG Meats—we hope to see you in Simcoe or Stoney Creek soon!

VG Meats is proud to introduce some incredible, homestyle pasta sauces made by Olliffe (part of the Harvest to Gather family of companies led by the Van Groningen brothers). These sauces are available in store and online, and we know you’re going to love them!

At VG Meats, we’ve always strived to offer the best possible value on delicious, high quality local food. The Ontario beef, poultry, lamb and pork products we offer are raised using holistic management to achieve regenerative outcomes on the land we manage—a process that takes more time and effort, but is worth it for the end result.

Whether you’re cooking dinner for yourself, for two or for a large family, it’s easy to hit a wall and run out of ideas. Sure, you’ve got your tried and trusted favourite recipes, but what if you feel like something new once in a while? Plus, there are those evenings when life is so busy, you can’t begin to decide what to cook, not to mention special occasions that require a bit of planning. Where do you start?!

Happy New Year from all of us at VG Meats! We hope you had a joyful, restful holiday season and are starting 2024 with optimism and enthusiasm for what’s ahead. We know a lot of customers are looking for nutritious meal options after an indulgent holiday season—food that will help them feel healthy and energetic as they tackle a new year.