A 120 year family tradition
In 1904, my grandfather, Chris Hurmuses arrived in BC, closely followed by three of his brothers. From a family of merchants in Langada, Constantinople, each of them founded food businesses upon arrival. The three brothers started cafes, while Grampa variously had grocery stores, a confectionary, and almost launched BC’s first post-prohibition distillery. Grampa’s son, my father, John, also went into the food business, first with his own small cafe on Granville Street in Vancouver, following as a fish buyer. He retired at 84 from his own successful fish processing plant, where my siblings and I worked throughout summer vacations from childhood. It was inevitable that I too would eventually start a food business of my own.