Newfoundland Margarine Company Limited
The Newfoundland Butter Company founded by Sir John Chalker Crosbie in 1925 was one of three oleomargarine manufacturing firms established in Newfoundland during the early 20th century. Oleomargarine or margarine manufacturing plants which used beef fat and lard as main ingredients were established as an inexpensive alternative to butter manufacture which traditional used dairy products. With the expertise of George Ehlers, a Danish chemist, the Crosbie family had grown the firm into the largest margarine manufacturing firm in Newfoundland. The Newfoundland Butter Company through acquisition and merger over the years with the other two manufacturing plants was eventually sold to Lever Brothers of England in 1938 and became a subsidiary of Lever Brothers of Canada. To reflect the product of manufacture the company name was changed in 1950 to The Newfoundland Margarine Company Limited.
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