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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]
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.
In 1969, Rich was an investor and member of the inaugural board of directors of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and later became Vice Chairman of that professional hockey team. In 1983 Rich Products Corp. purchased the Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball team. [3] The Bisons are the AAA affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Apr. 10—Rich Products announced this month that phase two of its $117 million, 150,000-square-foot expansion in Brownsville is underway, ultimately resulting in the creation of more than 130 new ...
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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 ...
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]
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