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 | Edward Irion (President) |
| 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.
Announced as a joint press release on March 10, 2010, 'Dakota Growers Pasta Company' was sold to the Canadian-based agribusiness Viterra, Inc.[2] Following Viterra's acquisition by Glencore Xstrata, Dakota Growers was sold to Post Holdings on January 1, 2014.[3]
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.
Products[edit]
- dry pasta
- semolina
- durum wheat
- mill feed by-products
References[edit]
- ^ Who We Are - Dakota Growers
- ^ 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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