High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Van Houtte Inc. is a company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that processes, distributes and sells coffee and related products. France-born Albert-Louis Van Houtte (1877 1944) emigrated to Canada in 1912. After the First World War made his attempt at a horse importing business unsustainable, he turned to food retailing. He opened a grocery store in 1919 to sell specialty items, but soon found particular success with gourmet coffee roasting.