Stonetown Cheese has evolved many times over the years as business and personal circumstances have changed.
Jack Hearn (my Father) started Stonetown Cheese in 1980 after he left Leslie Cheese House in Stratford. He had established many strong relationships during his years working in delivery and sales for the company. When he left, many of the customers wanted to stay with him. Paul Smith Cheese in the London Market was especially instrumental in Dad’s decision to start up his own company in the cheese distributorship and retail business.
Originally, the business bought local cheese from the various small cheese factories and companies in southern Ontario and also brought in imported cheese through food importers in Toronto. He rebranded the local cheese under the Stonetown Cheese label and distributed to grocery stores, cheese shops, butcher shops, farmers markets as well as selling the cheese through the home retail cheese shop.
Stonetown Cheese Ltd. 