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Lightlife Foods, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
GenreFood manufacturing
Founded1979
Headquarters,
RevenueAbout $40 million (2016)[1]
OwnerMaple Leaf Foods
Websitewww.lightlife.com
Lightlife "Smart Tenders"

Lightlife Foods is a company that produces vegetarian and vegan meat substitutes. Lightlife was founded in Greenfield, MA in 1979 before relocating to Turner Falls, MA in 1998.[2] It was first founded as Tempeh Works in an old, converted car wash.[3] In the summer of 2000, ConAgra Foods acquired LightLife Foods, which was generating about $25 million in annual revenue at the time.[2][4] Brynwood Partners acquired the company, which had roughly 90 employees at the time, from ConAgra Foods in September 2013.[2] Maple Leaf Foods bought Lightlife Foods for $140 million and related costs in February 2017.[5]

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References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b c Watson, Elaine (2013-09-17). "ConAgra sells meat alternatives brand Lightlife to Brynwood Partners". Food Navigator USA. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  3. ^ "Our Story | Lightlife". lightlife.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  4. ^ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2014). History of Meat Alternatives (965 CE to 2014): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Lafayette, CA: Soyinfo Center. p. 1164. ISBN 9781928914716.
  5. ^ Lahiri, Diptendu; Sadam, Rishika (2017-02-21). "Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf to buy U.S.-based Lightlife Foods". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-23.