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Lefèvre-Utile, better known worldwide by the initials LU, was a French manufacturer brand of biscuits, emblematic of the city of Nantes.The brand is now part of US confectionery company Mondelēz International since 2012, after splitting of its previous owner Kraft Foods Inc., [3] which had acquired it as part of its acquisition from Groupe Danone in 2007. [4]
In 1991, details of the logo were simplified to avoid the connection and remove aspects alleged to indicate Satanist affiliations. [105] [106] The company moved to a text-only logo in 1995, though in 2013 it unveiled a new logo with a hint of a crescent moon behind the text. [106]
Grupo Bimbo began operations in Mexico City [10] on December 2, 1945, with Panificación Bimbo, S.A. as the official name. [11] The company started with 34 employees, [12] selling cellophane-wrapped large and small white loaf bread, rye bread, and toast bread. [13]
The largest and most recent acquisition was Pioneer Foods in 2020 for US$1.7 billion [2] and prior to it was buying the Quaker Oats Company in 2001, which added the Gatorade brand to the Pepsi portfolio and Tropicana Products in 1998. As of January 2021, the company possesses 23 brands that have over US$1 billion in sales annually. [3]
Hostess Brands Inc. is an American bakery company formed in 2013. Its main operating subsidiaries are Hostess Brands, LLC, and Voortman Cookies Limited. The company owns several bakeries in the United States that produce snack cakes under the Hostess and Dolly Madison brand names and its Canadian subsidiary, Voortman Cookies Ltd., produces wafers and cookies under the Voortman brand name.
Chipita is a Greek snack food company established in 1973. In 1991, Chipita introduced one of its flagship products, the 7DAYS croissant—an individually packaged baked snack with long shelf life.
Milka is a Swiss brand of chocolate confectionery. Originally made in Switzerland in 1901 by Suchard, it has been produced in Lörrach, Germany, from 1901. [3] [4] Since 2012 it has been owned by US-based company Mondelez International, when it started following the steps of its predecessor Kraft Foods Inc., which had taken over the brand in 1990.
The company announced the acquisition was completed on October 23, 2017. [43] On June 27, 2018, Conagra Brands announced the acquisition of Pinnacle Foods for $8.1 billion. [44] The acquisition closed on October 26, 2018. On December 8, 2020, Conagra announced that it was selling the Peter Pan brand to Post Holdings. [45]