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Pineland Farms Potato Company

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The Pineland Farms Potato Company (formerly known as Naturally Potatoes) is a manufacturer of refrigerated pasteurized cut and mashed potato products in Maine.

Nearly twenty years ago a group of 4th generation Maine potato farmers had a vision that would create jobs, business opportunities, and a brighter future for the young people of Aroostook County. In 1997 they built a new state-of-the-art potato processing facility that transformed the thousands of acres of potatoes grown in the region from a commodity to a refrigerated ready-to-cook product.

The brand, then called Naturally Potatoes, started with cut potatoes, but with an investment from the Libra Foundation and the help of Bill Haggett, Naturally Potatoes’ new CEO, within 2 years the company added a line of mashed potatoes, which were in higher demand.

In 2004,Basic American Foods was interested in entering the refrigerated potato market and bought Naturally Potatoes in 2005. Five years later the Libra Foundation, Bill Haggett and founder Rodney McCrum bought the company back and incorporated as Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc. (PFPC), which has been growing steadily ever since.

In addition to contracting processing potatoes from many family-owned farms,the Pineland Farms Potato Company purchased it’s own farming operation in 2012 and became a vertically integrated business.

In an effort to diversify the company’s product offerings, the Pineland Farms Potato Company purchased the Pineland Farms Creamery, which produces a line of award-winning cheeses, from the Libra Foundation in 2013.

In January 2017 Bob Evans Farms Inc signed an agreement to acquire the Pineland Farms Potato Company, expected to be executed
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Pineland Farms Potato Plant now part of Post Holdings
February 09, 2018

Pineland Farms Potato Plant now part of Post Holdings

The Pineland Farms Potato company in Mars Hill, Maine - acquired last year by Bob Evans Foods - changed hands again this year as Bob Evans Foods was acquired by Post Holdings.
Bob Evans Foods agrees to buy the Pineland Farms Potato Company in Maine
January 26, 2017

Bob Evans Foods agrees to buy the Pineland Farms Potato Company in Maine

Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc. (PFPC), located in Mars Hill, Maine confirmed the signing of a Stock Purchase Agreement with Bob Evans Foods (BEF)
Bob Evans Farms transforms itself from a restaurant chain to a food manufacturer
January 26, 2017

Bob Evans Farms transforms itself from a restaurant chain to a food manufacturer

Earlier this week, Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) announced two transformational transactions, turning the company from predominantly a restaurant chain into a food manufacturer.
Groundbreaking for the expansion at Naturally Potatoes on June, 4, 2014
April 15, 2015

Expansion Naturally Potatoes in Maine almost done

The $7.5 million expansion project at Pineland Farms Naturally Potatoes in Mars Hill, Maine is nearing completion.