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Birds Eye is an international brand of frozen foods [1] founded in the United States and now owned by Conagra Brands in the United States, by Nomad Foods in Europe, and Simplot in Australia. The former Birds Eye Company Ltd., originally named "Birdseye Seafood, Inc." had been established in the United States by Clarence Birdseye in 1922 to ...
The initial product line featured 26 items, including 18 cuts of frozen meat, spinach and peas, a variety of fruits and berries, blue point oysters, and fish fillets. Consumers liked the new products, and today this is considered the birth of retail frozen foods. The "Birds Eye" name remains a leading frozen-food brand. In 1949, Birdseye won ...
Banquet – frozen chicken and ready-to-heat meals; Bernstein's Dressings; Bertolli – Italian-style olive oil; Big Mama Sausage – snack-sized preserved sausages; BIGS – flavored sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds [2] Birds Eye – frozen foods; Blue Bonnet – margarine and bread spreads; Brooks – beans and chili; Celeste – frozen pizza
By far the most important acquisition of 1929 was of the frozen-food company owned by Clarence Birdseye, [10] called "General Foods Company". Birdseye (December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956) was one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of the food industry.
The mascot is a reference to the brand's extensive and well-known range of frozen seafood products, of which fish fingers is probably the most-widely known. Because the Birds Eye brand is marketed to families, many of the advertising campaigns feature Captain Birdseye as having a 'crew' composed mostly of children in the preteen to teenage age groups, encouraging brand loyalty from children ...
Birds Eye, a multinational frozen foods company Captain Birdseye, also known as Captain Iglo, the advertising mascot for the Birds Eye frozen food brand in Europe; Birdseye cloth, frequently used in diapers; Birdseye maple, a pattern in certain kinds of timber; Bird's eye maple (mineral property), an effect observed in mica and other crystals
Conagra Brands, the maker of Slim Jim beef jerky and Healthy Choice frozen meals, is looking to sell its popular canned pasta brand Chef Boyardee, according to people familiar with the matter. The ...
In November 2006, private equity fund Permira acquired the BirdsEye and Iglo businesses from Unilever for €1.7bn, forming the BirdsEye Iglo Group. In 2010 BirdsEye Iglo Group purchased the Italian frozen food business Compagnia Surgelati Italiana SPA from Unilever for €0.8bn, and reunited the Findus brand in Sweden into the group that had previously been managed as one business under ...