Lamb Weston Holdings Inc

Bedrijfsprofiel

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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mei 31, 2012

US processors reject spuds treated with Bayer fungicide

J.R. Simplot Co. and Lamb Weston have informed potato growers in Idaho that they will not be accepting produce that has been treated with Bayer CropScience's Luna Tranquility.

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mei 17, 2012

Pipe failure likely cause ammonia leak Lamb Weston potato processing plant

A pipe failure in the refrigeration system caused the ammonia leak that resulted in a potato-processing plant evacuation Tuesday and 11 people being treated by medics, the Boardman fire chief said. The incident occurred at around 9.30 pm tuesday in th...

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april 10, 2012

How McDonald's fries are tested

Biting into a McDonald's french fry should be like "walking on freshly fallen snow". Barbara Booth, the company's director of sensory science, was presiding over the fast-food giant's semi-annual french fry evaluation in the US - a contest a...

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McDonald's best of sustainable supply 2012

maart 14, 2012

McDonald's (potato) suppliers making progress in sustainability

McDonald's just announced its 2012 Best of Sustainable Supply Chain winners by highlighting 51 stories of supply chain partners addressing challenges to help improve food sources, the environment, communities and employee wellness across the world. Man...

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