Spragg's Meat Shop in Alberta: History, What It Raises, How It Makes Money and How to Contact It
Profile updated November 2026
Spragg's Meat Shop is a pork producer, custom processor and retailer based on a 200-acre mixed farm at Rosemary, Alberta, with a second shop in Calgary. Greg and Bonnie Spragg began in 2002 with three piglets and now employ about 20 people. The business raises free-range pigs, grows barley and faba beans for feed and sells cuts, sausages, cured bacon and hams.
| Location | Rosemary, Alberta; retail shop on Macleod Trail at Southland Drive S.E., Calgary |
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| Founded | 2002; processing facility and retail outlet opened at Rosemary by the end of 2005 |
| Sectors | Free-range hogs; custom meat processing; retail meat and local foods; feed grain |
| Scale | 200-acre mixed farm; about 20 employees; first year raised 75 pigs and sold 50 |
| Why it is notable | Farm-to-retail pork business built from three piglets, with its own processing plant and a second shop in Calgary |
| Ownership | Family: Greg and Bonnie Spragg |
| Official website | News profile of Greg and Bonnie Spragg |
History of Spragg's Meat Shop
Greg and Bonnie Spragg started in 2002 when Bonnie gave Greg three piglets for his birthday. In the first year the farm raised 75 pigs and sold 50, and the couple built from there.
By the end of 2005 they had opened a processing facility and retail outlet at Rosemary, giving the farm control of cutting, curing and sales. Later the business opened a retail shop in Calgary, on Macleod Trail at Southland Drive S.E., in a former seafood market space.
Today the operation is a 200-acre mixed farm with about 20 employees, according to a published profile of the couple.
What Spragg's Meat Shop Grows and Raises
The farm raises free-range pigs. Barley and faba beans grown on the farm are ground into pig feed, which ties crop production directly to the livestock side. Pork is sold as cuts, sausages, cured bacon and hams.
The processing facility at Rosemary also handles custom work for beef, pork, lamb and wild game, including sausage-making, curing and hanging beef for up to 21 days. Flash-frozen meat is available in bulk.
The shops carry more than the farm's own pork. Beef and lamb from neighbouring farms, fresh vegetables from Shirley's Greenhouse, eggs, yogurt, Brassica mustard, local honey and sauces broaden the product range and support other local producers.
How Spragg's Meat Shop Makes Money
Farm-raised pork
Free-range pork cuts, sausages, bacon and hams sold through the farm shop and Calgary shop are the core of the business. Selling cuts directly captures more value than selling live hogs.
Custom processing
Customers bring their own beef, pork, lamb or wild game for cutting, curing and sausage-making. Custom work keeps the plant busy and builds relationships with hunters and small producers.
Local food retail
Beef and lamb from neighbouring farms, eggs, yogurt, vegetables, honey and sauces fill out a shopping basket and bring repeat customers. Revenue figures are not published.
Farm Insight: What Other Operators Can Learn from Spragg's Meat Shop
Owning the plant and the shop turns a hog farm into a brand. The Spraggs control the quality of the cut, the curing and the customer experience, which a farm selling live hogs to a packer cannot do.
Home-grown feed and neighbour partnerships keep costs and relationships local. Growing barley and faba beans for the pigs and stocking other local producers' products make the business part of a wider local food network.
Few birthday presents have launched a business with 20 employees, but three piglets turned out to be a very good gift. At farm.FM, our farm satire team salutes a couple who went from three pigs to bacon in two cities. Farm humor about a hog operation almost writes itself, but our ranch humor and farm jokes about Rosemary will stay affectionate, because Bonnie has already won the gift-giving competition.
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How to Contact Spragg's Meat Shop
Website: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/greg-bonnie-spragg-easier-bring-110000987.html
No official Spragg's Meat Shop website address was found in the sources reviewed, so the page above is a published news profile. The profile gives the locations at Rosemary and on Macleod Trail at Southland Drive S.E., Calgary; no phone or email was printed. Confirm hours and services directly with the shop.
Spragg's Meat Shop Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- Greg and Bonnie Spragg make it easier to bring home their bacon - News profile of the Spragg farm, plant and shops
- Alberta Agriculture: Pork - Provincial reference on the Alberta pork industry
- Exploring economic advantages and disadvantages of finishing hogs in Alberta - Provincial economics publication on hog finishing
- Alberta Pork producer survey - Farms.com item on Alberta Pork, the provincial hog producer organization
- Alberta Farm Express: pork production - Provincial farm news feed on pork production
Spragg's Meat Shop FAQ
Where is Spragg's Meat Shop?
The farm, processing facility and shop are at Rosemary, Alberta, and a second shop is on Macleod Trail at Southland Drive S.E. in Calgary.
What does Spragg's Meat Shop sell?
Free-range pork cuts, sausages, cured bacon and hams, plus beef and lamb from neighbouring farms, eggs, yogurt, local honey and sauces.
Does it offer custom processing?
Yes. The Rosemary facility processes beef, pork, lamb and wild game, including sausage-making and curing.
How can I contact Spragg's Meat Shop?
No official website, phone or email was found in the sources reviewed. The news profile gives the shop locations; confirm details directly with the business.
Spragg's Meat Shop shows how a hog farm can grow into a processor and retailer by controlling its own cuts and customers. For more Canadian operations, browse the Alberta farms guide and the other profiles in this directory.