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Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, and food service establishments.
The company was founded in 1950 by Gilbert Lamb [6] in a former co-op plant in Weston, Oregon. [7] In 1988, it was acquired by ConAgra Foods [8] and moved corporate offices from Tigard, Oregon, to Kennewick, Washington. [9] In November 2016, ConAgra spun off the company to its shareholders. [4]
The site of Hebrew National's manufacturing plant had been New York City for many years; it moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1989.The Indianapolis plant was closed down in 2004 as operations were consolidated with the ConAgra Foods Armour hot dog plant in Quincy, Michigan.
In 1988, American Pop Corn built a dedicated microwave popcorn plant to keep up with the demand and the competition. Credit: Daniel Iske. ... eventually landing at food giant ConAgra. By the mid ...
ConAgra Mills – multi-use flours; Cream – corn starch; Crunch 'n Munch – glazed popcorn/nut mixture; David Sunflower Seeds – sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds; Dennison's – chili; Duke's – meat snacks [3] Duncan Hines – cake mixes; Eagle Mills with Ultragrain – all-purpose flour made with ultragrain; Egg Beaters – processed ...
By 1941, the plant shipped a hundred million cans of soup, fruits, vegetables, and juices annually. [1] In 1943, Hunt's was taken over by Norton Simon's Val Vita Food Products - a competing firm founded in the early 1930s and based in Fullerton, California. The merged firm kept the Hunt's name and incorporated as Hunt Food and Industries, Inc.
The plant came under the control of ConAgra Foods in 1998. By June 2009, the 450,000 square feet (42,000 m 2 ) factory was the only one in the world which produced Slim Jims and employed 900 people, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] making it the largest employer in the town of Garner .
After meat packers struck at the Armour plants in the early-1980s, Teets shut 29 facilities and sold Armour Food Company to ConAgra in 1983 [14] but kept the Armour Star canned meat business. Armour-Dial continued to manufacture the canned meat products using the Armour Star trademark under license from ConAgra.