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| Type | Cooperative |
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| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | Meppel, the Netherlands |
| Industry | Food and Dairy |
| Revenue | €5. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Meppel ( is a Municipality and a City in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the Province Drenthe. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 075 billion in 2007 |
| Employees | 14,582 |
| Website | http://www.frieslandfoods.com |
Royal Friesland Foods (Koninklijke Friesland Foods N. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages V. ) is a Netherlands-based multinational cooperative that develops, produces and sells branded dairy products and fruit-based drinks. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Dairy products are generally defined as Foodstuffs produced from Milk. Royal Friesland Foods has a strong presence in Western Europe, Central Europe, West Africa and Southeast Asia.
Royal Friesland Foods employs 18,000, of whom 12,500 work outside the Netherlands. The cooperative's leading brands are Appelsientje, Bonnet, Chocomel/Cécémel, Completa, CoolBest, Debic, DubbelFrisss, Dutch Lady, Extran, Frico, Friso, Foremost, Friesche Vlag, Frisian Flag, Fristi, Milli, NoyNoy, Peak, Pöttyös Túró Rudi, Rainbow, and Taksi. Túró Rudi is the name of a chocolate bar popular in Hungary.
Royal Friesland Foods is organized as a cooperative, with roots going back to 1879. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It has grown through mergers and takeovers, the most significant of which occurred in late 1997, when four Dutch dairy cooperatives joined to create the business in its current form. In business a takeover is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer, or bidder)
In December 2001 KFF NV acquired the Drinks & Diary division of Numico including the brands Chocomel/Cécémel, Fristi and Extran. Numico (or in full Koninklijke Numico NV, Royal Numico NV) is a specialist Baby food and clinical Nutrition Subsidiary of
Royal Friesland Foods gained its current name in June 2004 after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands granted it the Royal status ("Koninklijk" in Dutch) in honour of its 125th anniversary. Prior to that, the company was known as Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods.
References
- Company website (English language version)
- Royal Friesland Foods media release September 9 2004
- Dairy Industries International July 2004 v69 i7 page 7 article about name change Wilmington International
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