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The Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food processing company and household name. Its smaller international food operations were sold to Reginald Lewis, a corporate attorney creating TLC Beatrice International in 1987. Reginald F Lewis (December 7 1942 – January 19 1993 was an American businessman who was one of the most successful business leaders during the 1980s The majority of its domestic (U. S. ) brands and assets were acquired by Kohlberg, Kravitz and Roberts with the bulk of the holdings sold off. By the early 1990s, the remaining operations were ultimately acquired by ConAgra Foods.

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The Beatrice Creamery Company was founded in 1894 by George Everett Haskell and William W. Bosworth, by leasing the factory of a bankrupt firm of the same name located in Beatrice, Nebraska. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Welles Bosworth (1868-1966 was an American Architect whose most famous designs include MIT 's Cambridge campus, the AT&T Building At the time, they purchased butter, milk and eggs from local farmers and graded them for resale. They quickly began separating the butter themselves at their plant, making their own butter on site and packaging and distributing it under their own label. They devised special protective packages and distributed them to grocery stores and restaurants in their own wagons and through appointed jobbers. To overcome the shortage of cream, the partners established skimming stations to which farmers delivered their milk to have the cream, used to make butter, separated from the milk. This led to the introduction of their unique credit program of providing farmers with hand cream separators so that they could separate the milk on the farm and retain the skim milk for animal feeding. This enabled farmers to pay for the separators from the proceeds of their sales of cream. The program worked so well that the company sold more than 50,000 separators in Nebraska from 1895 to 1905. On March 1, 1905, the company was incorporated as the Beatrice Creamery Company of Iowa, with capital of $3,000,000. By the turn of the century, they were shipping dairy products across the United States, and in 1910, they ran nine creameries and three ice cream plants across the Great Plains. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada

The company moved to Chicago in 1913 - at the time the centre of the American food processing industry. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common By the 1930s, it was already a major dairy company, producing some 30 million gallons (110 million litres) of milk and 10 million gallons (38 million litres) of ice cream annually. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. To help compare different Orders of magnitudes this page lists Volumes between 100000 and 1 million cubic Metres Volumes smaller Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the Mammary glands of female Mammals (including Monotremes. To help compare different Orders of magnitudes this page lists Volumes between 10000 and 100000 (10^{4} to 10^{5} cubic Metres Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from Dairy products such as Milk and Cream, combined Its Meadow Gold brand was a household name in much of America by the beginning of World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In 1946, it changed its name to Beatrice Foods and doubled its sales between 1945 and 1955 as the post-war baby boom created vastly greater demand for milk products. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) As is often the case after a major war the end of World War II brought a Baby boom to many countries notably those in Europe, Asia, North America

From the late 1950s until the early 1970s, the company expanded into Canada and purchased a number of other food firms, leveraging its distribution network to profit from a more diverse array of food and consumer products. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It came to be the owner of brands like Avis Rent A Car, Playtex, Shedd's, Tropicana, Good & Plenty and many others. Avis Rent A Car System LLC is a Car rental company headquartered in Parsippany New Jersey USA Playtex is a brand of women's products with the slogan Making Your Life Better Everyday. Tropicana Products, is an American based company and was founded in 1947 by Anthony T Good & Plenty is an American brand of licorice candy. The candy is a narrow tube of sweet Licorice, coated in a hard candy shell to form a capsule shape Annual sales in 1984 were roughly $12 billion. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been It was during this year that the corporation ended advertisements for its products with the catchphrase "We're Beatrice"; the red and white "Beatrice" logo would simultaneously appear in the bottom right hand corner (example). Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand It was determined that the campaign alienated consumers, calling attention to the fact that it was a faceless and far-reaching multinational corporation, and the campaign was pulled off the air by autumn (despite the fact that Nabisco and Mennen ended advertisements with a bumper in similar vein well into the late 1990s). Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers Nabisco (originally known as Na tional Bis cuit Co mpany is a brand of Cookies and Snacks including brands such as Chips Ahoy! Mennen is now a brand of the Colgate-Palmolive Company Its most notable product Mennen Speed Stick, with its fougere Perfume and green wide stick was

Through the 1980s, Beatrice was a co-defendant alongside W. R. Grace and Company in a class-action lawsuit alleging that the Riley Tannery, a division of Beatrice Foods, had dumped toxic waste which contaminated an underground aquifer that supplied drinking water to East Woburn, Massachusetts. W R Grace and Company ( is a Columbia Maryland, United States based Chemical conglomerate. The case became the subject of the popular book and film A Civil Action. A Civil Action is a 1998 film starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on A Federal judge ruled that Beatrice was not responsible for the contamination, although the book and film suggested otherwise.

In 1986, Beatrice became the target of leveraged buyout specialists Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) A leveraged buyout (or LBO, or highly-leveraged transaction (HLT or "bootstrap" transaction occurs when a Financial sponsor acquires a controlling interest Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City -based Private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage Leveraged They ultimately took over the firm for $8.7 billion — at the time the largest leveraged buyout in history — and over the next four years sold it off, division by division. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Its smaller international food operations were sold to Reginald Lewis, a corporate attorney creating TLC Beatrice International in 1987, becoming the largest business run by an African American and the first black billionaire in America. Reginald F Lewis (December 7 1942 – January 19 1993 was an American businessman who was one of the most successful business leaders during the 1980s African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa In 1990, the last of Beatrice's assets were sold to ConAgra Foods. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) ConAgra Foods Inc ( is one of North America 's largest packaged foods companies Most of Beatrice's brand names still exist, but under various other owners, as trademarks and product lines were sold separately to the highest bidder.

Beatrice's Canadian subsidiary, Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd., was founded in 1969 and became legally separate from its parent firm in 1978. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd is a Toronto Ontario based dairy unit of Parmalat Canada. It was therefore unaffected by the buyout of its American counterpart.

Former Beatrice brands

Beatrice Foods Canada Limited

Main article: Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd.

Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. Avis Rent A Car System LLC is a Car rental company headquartered in Parsippany New Jersey USA Blue Valley Creamery Company was a company that operated many creameries and milk plants across the United States Butterball Brand of turkey and other Poultry products produced by Butterball LLC a Joint venture of Smithfield Foods and Maxwell Culligan is an international water purification business based in Rosemont Illinois. Good & Plenty is an American brand of licorice candy. The candy is a narrow tube of sweet Licorice, coated in a hard candy shell to form a capsule shape Hunt's is the name of a brand of preserved Tomato products owned by ConAgra Foods Inc Jolly Rancher is a brand of Candy, including hard candy, The product was originally produced by the Jolly Rancher Company, founded in 1949 Krispy Kreme is a chain of Doughnut stores Its parent company is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc La Choy is a Brand name of canned and prepackaged Chinese food ingredients Orville Clarence Redenbacher ( July 16 1907 &ndash September 19 1995) was an American Businessman most often Peter Pan is a brand of Peanut butter produced by ConAgra Foods and named after the J Playtex is a brand of women's products with the slogan Making Your Life Better Everyday. Rusty Jones Inc was a company which provided aftermarket Rustproofing for vehicles under their "Rusty Jones" trademark The Samsonite company makes Luggage with its products ranging from large Suitcases to small toiletries bags Swiss Miss is a brand name for Cocoa powder and Pudding products sold by American food company ConAgra Foods Inc Tropicana Products, is an American based company and was founded in 1947 by Anthony T Wesson cooking oil is a brand of Vegetable oil sold by ConAgra Foods. World Dryer Corporation is a Berkeley Illinois based manufacturer of Hand dryer and related products Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd is a Toronto Ontario based dairy unit of Parmalat Canada. is a Toronto, Ontario based dairy unit of Parmalat Canada. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Parmalat Canada is a Toronto Ontario based company that sells dairy products The Canadian unit of Beatrice Foods was founded in 1969 and separated from its American parent firm Beatrice Foods in 1978. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

Consequently, Beatrice's Canadian unit was not affected by the buyout of its founders and remained in business as one of Canada's largest food processing concerns. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

In 1997 Beatrice Foods Canada was acquired by Parmalat. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Parmalat SpA ( is a Multinational Italian Dairy and food corporation Parmalat decided to drop the Beatrice name from the company's products and was reinstated in late 2005 during which the Italian parent company was being investigated. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

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