Brookfield Dairy Company Ltd.

Early in 1926 R.B. MacLennan, a Nova Scotia businessman and owner and operator of Brookfield Creamery Limited of Truro made arrangements with T. McMurdo Company Ltd to sell his products exclusively through their drug store. To achieve this goal, ice cream was shipped by truck from Truro to Halifax and then to St. John’s by steamer and in cold storage. In June of 1926 MacLennan returned to St. John’s in order to establish a company to manufacture Brookfield ice cream.

In 1946 the company expanded into Corner Brook and later into Grand Falls.

Between 1988 and 1995, Brookfield was part of a joint venture with Scotsburn, Nova Scotia and in 1995, Scotsburn acquired the remaining interest of Brookfield.

Photo 1: Applied red label milk bottle marked “Brookfield / ICE CREAM LTD / GRAND FALLS / NFLD / DAIRY DIVISION.” Reverse has a picture of a milkman. Bottle available in quart, pint and half pint sizes. The quart size is often seen, pint and half-paint sized are rare

Photo 2: Applied red label milk bottle marked “Brookfield / ICE CREAM LTD / CORNER BROOK / NFLD / DAIRY DIVISION.” Reverse has a picture of a milkman. Bottle available in quart, pint and half pint sizes. The quart size is often seen, pint and half-paint sized are rare