Griffith Laboratories

Griffith Laboratories is a global manufacturer of food products based in Alsip, Illinois. Founded in 1919, Griffith Laboratories is a privately held, third-generation entrepreneurial family business. Their products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of applications from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Their customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. The company operates facilities in 20 countries around the world.

The company uses systems of scientific management in the tradition of Taylorism. Its nonunionized workforce at the location in the historical Golden Mile in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada is primarily drawn from racial and ethnic minorities. Recruitment is internal and through private staffing firms that garnish the wages of the workers. Organized meetings to socialize the workers to their unique corporate culture are held continually. The Golden Mile is of note for a history of scientific labour management in the Protestant tradition before industry in the area virtually collapsed. Griffith remains a stronghold for these labour practices despite their failed history in the area.