Eagle Family Foods Group LLC, doing business as Eagle Foods, is an American food company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was founded in 2015 by Paul Smucker Wagstaff after acquiring ownership of the Borden canned milk brands (Eagle Brand, Magnolia, Milnot, PET).
Eagle Family Foods' product line include condensed and evaporated milk, popcorn, french fries, sweet onion sticks, and pasta dishes.
History
Roots to Eagle Brand can be traced to 1856, when Gail Borden introduced Eagle Brand in 1856 to develop a refrigeration and food preservation system, with its condensed milk as the flagship of the company. Then Borden established his own company, Borden, Inc., one year later. In 1874, Eagle Brand became the first registered trademark in the then-British colony of Hong Kong. In East Asian markets (excluding South Korea), Eagle Brand products are currently produced by Nestlé.
The J.M. Smucker Company bought the canned milk business from Borden in 2007. Eagle Family Foods Group LLC was established after Paul Smucker Wagstaff left The J. M. Smucker Company in 2014 to carry on his own enterprise. He partnered with his friend Jeff Boyle to establish Kelso & Company. It acquired Eagle Brand from The J. M. Smucker Company, establishing Eagle Foods in December 2015.
In August 2016, Eagle Foods acquired the popcorn brand G.H. Cretors, derived from the Chicago-based manufacturing company Cretors established in 1885.
Products and brands
Condensed milk: Eagle Brand, Magnolia
Evaporated milk: Magnolia, Milnot, PET
Popcorn: Cretors, Monster Pop!, Popcorn, Indiana
French fries: Fry Masters
Snack: Skinny Sticks
Pasta dishes: Helper, Suddenly Salad
Facilities
El Paso, Texas – evaporated and condensed milk
Seneca, Missouri – evaporated and condensed milk
Closed facilities
These facilities produced Eagle Brand products under Borden Milk:
Ingersoll, Ontario – Ingersoll Dairy originally supplied Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk Toronto, Ontario – supplied Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk in Ontario Montreal, Quebec – supplied Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk in Canada Chester, South Carolina – supplied Cremora and Cremora Royale worldwide (except South Africa)
See also
Borden Inc., original company
Borden Dairy, revived company (2009–) Carnation (brand)
References
External links
Dairy products companies of the United States
Food product brands
Companies based in Ohio
Gahanna, Ohio
American companies established in 1997
Borden (company) American brands