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La Choy (stylized La Choy 東) is a brand name of canned and prepackaged American Chinese food ingredients. The brand was purchased in 1990 from Beatrice Foods by ConAgra Foods during the LBO firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts ' dismantling of the company and is still currently a property of ConAgra.
Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food conglomerate founded in 1894. [1] [2] One of the best-known food processing companies in the U.S., Beatrice owned many well-known brands such as Tropicana, Krispy Kreme, Jolly Rancher, Orville Redenbacher's, Swiss Miss, Peter Pan, Avis, Milk Duds, Samsonite, Playtex, La Choy and Dannon.
Central Grocers Cooperative, founded in 1917 as Central Wholesale Grocers, [1] was a retailers' cooperative based in Joliet, Illinois, near Chicago.It distributed both brand name and private label goods branded as Centrella and Silver Cup Value Buy to about 400 member-owner grocery stores in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
The food business of Dial, including Armour Star canned meats, was sold to Pinnacle Foods in March 2006. [17] In 2007 Pinnacle Foods was acquired by the Blackstone Group, a New York City-based private equity firm. [18] Conagra acquired Pinnacle Foods for $10.9 billion in 2018. [19] [20]
The company's expansion continued throughout the mid-20th century. In 1932, Jewel acquired the Chicago unit of the Canadian firm Loblaw Groceterias, Inc., then a chain of 77 self-service stores, [11] as well as four Chicago grocery stores operated by the Middle West Stores Company, and began operating them under the name Jewel Food Stores. [12]
The city of Brockton will pay $3.75M to Frances Choy, who spent 17 years behind bars for a deadly arson she didn't commit. Brockton to pay $3.75 million to woman wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years ...
Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, and food service establishments. Based on its 2021 revenue, the company ranked 331st on the 2022 ...
RJR Nabisco had previously sold the Chun King line of frozen foods to ConAgra Foods in 1986. After losing market share, Yeo Hiap Seng sold Chun King in 1995 to Hunt-Wesson, owner of rival La Choy. [3] [4] Hunt-Wesson's parent, ConAgra, eventually closed Chun King's manufacturing facilities in 1995 and discontinued the brand. [5] [6]