Lamb Weston Holdings Inc

Company Description

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW) is the largest potato company in North America with annual sales of approximately USD 2 billion. Lamb Weston manufactures french fries, potato specialties and dehydrated potato products.

The french fry manufacturer was part of Conagra Foods, Inc, but was spinned-off as an independent public company on November 10, 2016.

Lamb Weston holds equity interests in three potato processing joint ventures, including 49.99% of Lamb Weston BSW, LLC and 50% of Lamb-Weston/RDO Frozen and Lamb-Weston/Meijer v.o.f.

Publicly traded

NYSE:LW

Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

TaiMei Potato Industry Limited

Tai Mei Potato Industry is a potato processing enterprise in China with an integrated potato-specific operation of plantation, purchase, warehousing, processing and marketing. Tai Mei became part of Lamb Weston in 2014

Unisur Alimentos Ltda

Unisur Alimentos Ltda. is a manufacturer of french fries and dehydrated potato products in Chile. In October 2008 a cooperation with Lamb Weston, at that time still Conagra Foods Lamb Weston was announced.

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News for this Company

Festive Opening of the new Lamb Weston / Meijer production line for french fries in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands.

November 24, 2016

Lamb Weston / Meijer inaugurates its new french fry production line in Bergen op Zoom

Lamb Weston / Meijer inaugurated its new production line for french fries in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, on 10 November 2016 in the presence of employees, suppliers, the mayor and the King’s Commissioner.

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November 10, 2016

ConAgra Foods Completes Spin-off of Lamb Weston Business and Becomes Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), formerly known as ConAgra Foods, Inc., has completed the previously announced separation of its Lamb Weston business. The company’s name change has also become effective.

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Lamb Weston’s Eagle office will become the corporate headquarters for the new company. The company says its operation won’t change much, though the spin-off will mean high-level executive jobs will move from ConAgra headquarters in Chicago to Eagle (C

October 12, 2016

Conagra Foods announces new details for the spin-off of Lamb Weston

ConAgra Foods, Inc. today announced the record and distribution dates for the spin-off of its Lamb Weston business, which is expected to be effected through the distribution of 100 percent of the common shares of Lamb Weston to holders of ConAgra Foods’ common shares

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Lamb Weston's new Innovation Center in Richland, with co-creation spaces, fully functioning kitchens and a pilot line. (Courtesy: Fisher Construction Group)

August 22, 2016

A closer look at Lamb Weston's new Innovation Center

Earlier this year, Lamb Weston's opened its new Innovation Center in Richland, with co-creation spaces, fully functioning kitchens and a pilot line. The interior was designed by Lamb Westons design agency, Williams Murray Hamm brand agency (WMH), also responsible for Lamb Weston's new global branding

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