Dakota Growers
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1990 [1] |
| Fate | Acquired by Viterra in 2010, becoming a brand |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Mike Ness (Plant Manager) Jack Dalrymple (Chairman) |
| Products | Pasta |
| Owner | Post Holdings (2014–pres.) |
| Website | 8avepasta.com |
Dakota Growers Pasta Company is an American brand of pasta and food processing, currently owned by 8th Avenue, a company of Post Holdings. The former Dakota Growers agricultural processing company was located in Carrington, North Dakota, having started in 1990 as a wheat-growers cooperative. In 2002, Dakota Growers became a public company.[2] As per media reports, Dakota Growers Pasta Company was the third largest pasta manufacturer in North America in 2002, processing about 1.5 million pounds of pasta daily.[3]
Announced as a joint press release on March 10, 2010, Dakota Growers Pasta Company was sold to the Canadian-based agribusiness, Viterra, Inc.[4] Following Viterra's acquisition by Glencore Xstrata, Dakota Growers was sold to Post Holdings on January 1, 2014.[5]
Television
[edit]Vice President David Tressler and the plant were featured on the Food Network show Unwrapped. The episode focused on the manufacture of Dakota Growers Pasta's Dreamfields low-carb pasta line.[citation needed]
Products
[edit]- Dry pasta
- Semolina
- Durum wheat
- Mill feed by-products
References
[edit]- ^ Who We Are - Dakota Growers
- ^ "USA: Dakota Growers Pasta Co to sell stock to the public". Just Food. 24 May 2002.
- ^ "Dakota Growers Pasta Company members approve corporate change". AgUpdate. 30 May 2002.
- ^ Viterra to Acquire Dakota Growers Pasta Company on PR News, 10 Mar 2010
- ^ "Post Holdings Completes Acquisition of Dakota Growers Pasta Company". Post Holdings, Inc. January 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website (archived, 2 Feb 2010)
- Unwrapped YouTube video
- Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc (Google Maps)
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