Conagra Brands
| Conagra Brands, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US2058871029 |
| founding | 1919 |
| Seat |
Chicago , Illinois , USA
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| management | Sean M. Conolly, CEO |
| Number of employees | 12,400 |
| sales | $ 7.938 billion |
| Branch | Food production |
| Website | www.conagrafoodservice.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Conagra Brands, Inc. , until 2016 ConAgra Foods, Inc. , is one of the largest food manufacturers in the United States . Conagra Brands currently employs 12,400 people and is headquartered in Chicago . Conagra Brands products are available in supermarkets as well as in restaurants, snack bars and catering companies.
Company history
The company was founded in 1919 by Alva Kinney, who combined four flour mills to form Nebraska Consolidated Mills . In 1940 the company started producing its own flour in its mills. In 1971 the company name changed to ConAgra. In October 2015, ConAgra announced that it would lay off 1,500 administrative employees and move its headquarters from Omaha , Nebraska to Chicago after nearly a century . With the sale of the subsidiary Lamb Weston in 2016, ConAgra Foods changed its name to Conagra Brands.
Divisions
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ConAgra Foods Seafood - Institutional seafood supplier
- Louis Kemp Seafood Company - Surimi Vendor
- Meridian - seafood importer
- Singleton - Shrimp Vendor
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ConAgra Foodservice - Institutional food
service provider
- Angela Mia - Italian cuisine
- Award - delicacies and side dishes
- Fernando's - Greek and Italian cuisine
- Longmont - food supplier
- The Max - pizza ingredients for school cafeterias
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ConAgra Food Ingredients - High volume basic foods
- Gilroy Foods - Garlic, Onions, and Peppers
- ConAgra Mills - Flour and Grains
- Spicetec - spices and flavorings
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ConAgra Packaged Meats and Deli - meat supplier
- Armor & Co.
- Butterball
- JM Swank Company - Wholesale
- Lamb Weston - Institutional supplier of potato products
- Culturelle - manufacturer of probiotic lactobacillus
Research and Development
ConAgra is also increasingly investing in healthier products. As part of a development project, the salt content of many ConAgra products was reduced by up to 30%. Further R&D efforts are being made in this regard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Conagra Brands on fortune500. fortune.com, accessed May 28, 2019 .
- ^ ConAgra cutting 1,500 jobs, moving HQ to Chicago. fortune.com, October 1, 2015, accessed May 28, 2019 .
- ↑ FoodBusinessNews.net, December 5, 2007