The most important reason we launched Glacial Treasure was to give Ontario families a frozen chicken option they could feel good about buying. That starts with what’s actually in the package. Here’s an honest, plain-language breakdown of the ingredients in our Chicken Souvlaki. Chicken (Ontario-Raised Where Possible) The primary ingredient is exactly what you’d hope: […]

You can buy the best frozen chicken in Ontario, but if you store it wrong, you’re compromising the quality by the time you eat it. Here’s a practical guide to keeping your frozen chicken — Glacial Treasure or any other brand — at peak quality. Set Your Freezer to -18°C (0°F) or Colder This is […]

We’ve been paying close attention to feedback since Glacial Treasure hit Fortinos shelves. Social media comments, direct customer messages, Cash & Carry conversations, and the informal reports from Fortinos staff who’ve been watching what shoppers say when they pick us up. Here’s what we’re consistently hearing. The Ingredient List Wins Trust The most common comment: […]

As part of our Glacial Treasure launch at Fortinos, we’re planning a series of in-store sampling events across Ontario. If we’re coming to a Fortinos near you, here’s what to expect and why it’s worth stopping by. You Get to Try Before You Buy The point of a sampling event is simple: you get to […]

There’s a lingering assumption in home cooking that fresh chicken is inherently better than frozen. For high-quality, professionally frozen products, that assumption is out of date. Here’s the case for making frozen chicken your weeknight default. Freshness Depends on When It Was Frozen, Not Whether Chicken that goes from processing to IQF freezing within hours […]

Launching a retail brand for the first time means making hard choices. We could have put twenty products on Fortinos shelves. We chose five. Here’s the thinking behind the shortlist. Chicken Souvlaki — The Signature If Glacial Treasure had to be introduced to Ontario with one product, this would have been it. Souvlaki is the […]

Some products are one-trick. Lemon Pepper Chicken Breast is not one of those. It’s arguably the most versatile item in our Glacial Treasure lineup, and if you buy one package at Fortinos this week, you’ve got the foundation for at least ten different meals. Here are ten of them. The Ten Ideas Sheet-pan dinner: bake […]

Chicken souvlaki gets more attention in Ontario, but ask anyone Greek what they order at a proper taverna and pork souvlaki will be in the answer. It’s the traditional souvlaki — richer, more forgiving on the grill, and in many families, the version that showed up at every Sunday dinner. Our Glacial Treasure Pork Souvlaki […]

You can trace every skewer of Glacial Treasure Chicken Souvlaki back to a specific kitchen in Greece. Anastasia Dikeos grew up making souvlaki the way her mother and grandmother made it. Olive oil. Fresh lemon juice. Garlic. Oregano. Salt and pepper. Not a recipe from a book — a recipe from decades of watching, tasting, […]

We spent thirty years building toward this moment — and then it happened. Glacial Treasure hit shelves at Fortinos stores across Ontario, and the first week has been everything we hoped it would be and a few things we didn’t expect. This post is an honest recap. What went well, what surprised us, and what’s […]

There’s a question customers ask us at the Cash & Carry fairly often: why does a chicken processor make homemade Tzatziki and Tirokafteri? The answer is the same reason we do everything the way we do — because Kostas and Anastasia Dikeos came from Greece, and this is how their family has always eaten. Where […]

We’ve been in the Ontario poultry business for over thirty years. We’ve watched the industry change — supply management reforms, the rise of food safety regulation, the emergence of specialty food segments, and now the biggest consumer-driven shift we’ve seen: the demand for transparency, local sourcing, and clean-label products from brands with real stories. Local […]