LITTLE CHUTE, WI /PRNewswire/ — Agropur’s Board of Directors, is pleased to
announce that Agropur’s U.S. subsidiary Trega Foods, has acquired Green Meadows
Foods, a new cheese factory located in the State of Iowa.
“This most recent acquisition represents a great fit with our current operations
and will allow us to keep building a strong foundation for continued growth”,
reported Agropur’s CEO, Pierre Claprood.
The Iowa facility will now be part of Trega Foods’ operations and will be
overseen by Trega Foods’ President, Doug Simon, who reports to Agropur Cheese
and Functional Products Division’s President, Louis Lefebvre.
“Green Meadows Foods is a natural fit with the product line and culture of Trega
Foods. Our passion for the cheese industry and the quality products we produce
are assets to all our facilities. We are excited to work with the Green Meadows
team to integrate and grow the Hull, Iowa facility to its fullest capacity”,
stated Doug Simon, President, Trega Foods.
About Green Meadows Foods
Green Meadows Foods is one of the newest cheese factories in the United States
and officially launched its operations on November 3, 2008. The facility can
process approximately 900 million pounds of milk a year. The plant produces 80
million pounds of cheese a year, including more than 10 different varieties of
American and Italian cheeses. In addition, approximately 50 million pounds of
dried whey powders is extracted from the milk. The organization employs 85
people.
About Trega Foods
Trega Foods is rich in history and tradition. The main products are cheddar,
feta, mozzarella, provolone as well as the following dairy ingredients: Iso
Chill 6000, 9000, 9010, lactose, delactose and deproteinized whey products. In
its three facilities, 300 employees process annually close to 1.3 billion pounds
of milk, with sales of $ US 300 million.
About Agropur
Founded in 1938, Agropur cooperative is a Canadian dairy industry leader, with $
US 2.8 billion in annualized sales. It has 3,600 shareholders and, further to
this latest acquisition, 5,000 employees distributed among its 27 plants and
numerous distribution centres and offices across Canada, the U.S. and Argentina.
It processes over 6 billion pounds of milk annually and offers an impressive
array of products, including such popular brands as Schroeder, Quebon, Oka,
Sealtest, Natrel, Island Farms, Yoplait and La Lacteo.
Source: AGROPUR