Post : and Conagra Brands Announce Completion of Acquisition of Peter Pan Peanut Butter Brand by Post Holdings
January 26, 2021 at 09:04 am EST
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ST. LOUIS - Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) ('Post') and Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) ('Conagra') today announced that Post has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Peter Pan peanut butter brand from Conagra, effective today.
About Post Holdings, Inc.
Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient and convenient nutrition food categories. Its businesses include Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Michael Foods, Bob Evans Farms and BellRing Brands. Post Consumer Brands is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category and also markets Peter Pan peanut butter. Weetabix is home to the United Kingdom's number one selling ready-to-eat cereal brand, Weetabix. Michael Foods and Bob Evans Farms are leaders in refrigerated foods, delivering innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato side dish products to the foodservice and retail channels. Post's publicly-traded subsidiary BellRing Brands, Inc. is a holding company operating in the global convenient nutrition category through its primary brands of Premier Protein and Dymatize. Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment with third parties in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.
About Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America's leading branded food companies. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Conagra Brands combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus on innovation. The company's portfolio is evolving to satisfy people's changing food preferences. Conagra's iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, as well as emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera, offer choices for every occasion. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.
Post Holdings, Inc. is a consumer-packaged goods holding company. The Company operates through four segments: Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice and Refrigerated Retail. Post Consumer Brands segment includes North American ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal and Peter Pan nut butter. Weetabix segment includes primarily the United Kingdom (the U.K.) RTE cereal, muesli and protein-based ready-to-drink shakes. The Foodservice segment sells primarily egg and potato products. The Refrigerated Retail segment primarily sells side dishes, egg, cheese and sausage products. The Company also operates a pet food business, which includes the brands, such as Rachael Ray, Nutrish, Natureâs Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles ân Bits and Gravy Train. This business also includes private-label pet food assets and manufacturing and distribution facilities. The Company also includes two manufacturing and warehousing facilities in Visalia, California.