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Rich Products Corporation (also known as Rich's) is a privately held multinational food products corporation headquartered in Buffalo, New York.The company was founded in 1945 by Robert E. Rich, Sr., after his development of a non-dairy whipped topping based on soybean oil, 21 years before Cool Whip. [2]
Robert E. Rich Jr. (born January 25, 1941) is an American businessman, philanthropist and writer. He is chairman and majority owner of Rich Products (Rich's), a food processing company headquartered in Buffalo, New York.
Born in Buffalo, New York, he founded Rich Products in 1945, which had sales of $2.5 billion on more than 2,300 products in 2005, [1] the year before he died at age 92 in Palm Beach, Florida. His son, Robert Jr., inherited the company and is the owner of the Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball team.
Rich Products, founded in 1945 and also known as Rich's, opened its current Brownsville facility, 3555 E. 14th St., in 1993, occupying 120,000 square feet prior to the current expansion.
Rich Products, also known as Rich's, a global, family-owned food manufacturer and distributor in the midst of a major expansion at its Brownsville facility, 3555 E. 14th St., where it has done ...
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Buffalo is home to Rich Products, one of the world's largest family-owned food manufacturers. [16] Canadian brewer Labatt moved its US headquarters to Buffalo in May 2007. [17] This is in large part due to Buffalo's location directly in the middle of the Northeastern Trade Corridor. The city is the heart of the Canadian-American corridor.
In 1972, Rich Products, a Buffalo-based food products company, signed a 25-year, $1.5 million deal ($60,000 per year), by which the venue would be called "Rich Stadium"; one of the earliest examples of the sale of naming rights in North American sports. [19]