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Pinnacle Foods

Company namePinnacle Foods Group, LLC.
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood processing
Founded1998 (as Vlasic Foods International)
HeadquartersMountain Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.
Key peopleRoger Deromedi, Chairman
Bob Gamgort, CEO
William Toler, President
ProductsFrozen food, Condiments, Baking mixes, Packaged meat
Revenue$2.5 billion USD(2010)
Owner(s)The Blackstone Group
Employees4000

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Pinnacle Foods Group LLC is a leading packaged foods company headquartered in Mountain Lakes, NJ owned by The Blackstone Group. Pinnacle Foods is a key player in the shelf stable and frozen food categories and their products can be found in more than 85% of American households.

The company was founded in 1998 as Vlasic Foods International, acquiring the Swanson TV dinners, Open Pit and Vlasic Pickles brands from the Campbell Soup Company. In 2003, it acquired Aurora Foods, based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blackstone Group bought Pinnacle Foods in 2007. In 2009, Pinnacle Foods acquired Birds Eye Foods, Inc.

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Vt. takes on McDonald's over maple - WCAX Tweet this news
WCAX---Pinnacle Foods-, maker of Log Cabin syrup, recently came under fire from Vermont maple producers for selling a new line of syrup with the words "all natural" ... - Date : Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:22:40 GMT+00:00
Pinnacle Foods Moving Tacoma Operations to Iowa - CoStar Group Tweet this news
CoStar Group---Pinnacle Foods- Group LLC will consolidate the manufacturing of its Nalley's Chili and Brooks Beans from Tacoma, WA, into its Armour ... - Date : Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:29:14 GMT+00:00
FEN, MCF, OFI, LZR, AIM - Notable Stocks with Volume at AMEX - Wall Street Bay Tweet this news
Wall Street Bay---...- American Airlines, Inc., Safeway Inc., -Pinnacle Foods- Group LLC and Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. The Company operates as a single business segment, ... - Date : Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:17:43 GMT+00:00
Pinnacle Foods Announces Plans to Improve Supply Chain - LogisticsWeek Tweet this news
LogisticsWeek--By NewsDesk -Pinnacle Foods- Group LLC today announced supply chain improvements as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the long-term strength of its ... - Date : Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:11:22 GMT+00:00
Duncan Hines' 'Hip-Hop Cupcakes' Shows Necessity of Diverse Work Force - AdAge.com Tweet this news
AdAge.com---Pinnacle Foods-' AOR is BBDO, but the Amazing Glazes efforts for Duncan Hines resulted from a partnership with digital studio Filmaka and four independent ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:30:52 GMT+00:00
Duncan Hines Unleashes Creative Baking Fun With New Inspirational Video Series - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--Millions of times a day in more than 85% of American households, consumers reach for -Pinnacle Foods- brands. We are a leading producer, marketer and ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:05:41 GMT+00:00
Pinnacle announces $20 million expansion - Keokuk Gate City Daily Tweet this news
Keokuk Gate City Daily--FORT MADISON -- A multi-million dollar expansion at -Pinnacle Foods- is set to bring about 65 jobs to Lee County. ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:15:20 GMT+00:00
Duncan Hines Has A YouTube Holiday - MediaPost Publications Tweet this news
MediaPost Publications---Pinnacle Foods-' 60-year-old Duncan Hines brand is using four commercial-quality, YouTube-posted videos to drive ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:09:34 GMT+00:00
US: Pinnacle Foods to close Washington chili site - just-food.com (subscription) Tweet this news
just-food.com (subscription)---Pinnacle Foods- Group is to close its Nalley's chili production site in Washington state as the US company rejigs its manufacturing network after last year's ... - Date : Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:26:21 GMT+00:00
Mrs. Butterworth's bottles dress up for the holidays - Packaging Digest Tweet this news
Packaging Digest--Brand owner -Pinnacle Foods- is promoting these festive holiday bottles as collectibles, counting on their draw as memorabilia for people who fondly remember ... - Date : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:35:38 GMT+00:00

The Blackstone Group L.P.

FoundersPeter G. Peterson * Stephen A. Schwarzman
HospitalityHilton Worldwide * Luxury Resorts (LXR) * La Quinta Inns & Suites * Center Parcs * Harrah's Entertainment (Minority Stake) * Travelport * Rose Hills Memorial Park
Food servicePinnacle Foods * United Biscuits * Performance Food Group * Tragus Ltd.
EntertainmentMerlin Entertainments * SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment * Universal Orlando Resort (50% Stake) * The Weather Channel (Joint Control) * Cineworld
HealthcareBiomet * Klöckner Pentaplast * HealthMarkets * [http://www.vanguardhealth.com/ Vanguard Health Systems] * [http://www.Apria.com Apria Healthcare]
TechnologySunGard * CMS Computers * Freescale (Joint Control)
OtherMichaels Stores (Joint Control) * AlliedBarton * Republic Services (Minority shareholder) * TRW Automotive (Control) * RGIS Inventory Specialists * Nielsen Company * BankUnited * [http://www.summit-materials.com/ Summit Materials] * Equity Office

Philadelphia-area corporations (including the Delaware Valley)

Philadelphia-based Fortune 500 corporations
(by 2009 rank)
Comcast (59) * Sunoco (78) * Cigna (129) * Aramark (189) * Crown Holdings (289)
Delaware Valley-based Fortune 500 corporations
(by 2009 rank)
Companies listed above, plus: AmerisourceBergen (24) * DuPont (86) * Lincoln National Corporation (256) * Campbell Soup (299) * UGI Corp. (369) * SunGard (380) * Unisys (452) * Airgas (474)
Other notable Philadelphia-based businessesAmoroso's * AppLabs * Beneficial Bank * Crozer Keystone Health System * Philadelphia Media Holdings * Radian Group * Tasty Baking * Urban Outfitters
Notable Philadelphia-based professional partnershipsBallard Spahr * Blank Rome * Cozen O'Connor * Dechert * Drinker Biddle & Reath * Duane Morris * Morgan, Lewis & Bockius * Pepper Hamilton * Saul Ewing
Other notable Delaware Valley-based businessesAqua America * Bentley Systems * Brandywine Realty Trust * Boscov's * Carpenter Technology Corp. * GSI Commerce * Forman Mills * Liberty Property Trust * Rita's Water Ice * Vanguard * ViroPharma * Wawa * Wilmington Trust * WSFS Bank
Notable Delaware Valley-based
US headquarters of foreign businesses
ACE * AgustaWestland * AstraZeneca * GlaxoSmithKline * HSBC Bank USA * ING Direct * SAP America * Siemens Medical * Shire Pharmaceuticals * Sovereign Bancorp * Subaru * Teva Pharmacueticals * TD Bank
Notable Delaware Valley-based
division headquarters of US corporations
Acme (SuperValu) * AlliedBarton and Pinnacle Foods (Blackstone) * Keystone Helicopter (United Tech.) * Centocor (J&J) * Colonial Penn (Conseco) * Delmarva Power (Pepco Holdings) * Hercules (Ashland) * MAB Paints (Sherwin-Williams) * MBNA (Bank of America) * McNeil Laboratories (J&J) * Neoware (Hewlett-Packard) * PECO (Exelon) * QVC (Liberty Media) * Rohm and Haas (Dow Chemical)



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