Where is Conagra Foods Corporate office Headquarters

History

Conagra Foods was founded in the year 1919. The company has been operational for almost 100 years now. Alva Kinney and Frank Little founded the company. Both of the founders together had bought four-grain mills and named them as Nebraska Consolidated Mills. In the year 1922, the headquarters o the company was moved to Omaha. Until the year 1936, the company was used to making profits. By the year 1940, the company started producing flour at its own mills as well and also in the year 1942, the company entered the livestock feed business as well. The same year, the company also opened a flour mill as well as livestock animal feed plant, in Alabama, United States. In the year 1951, the company had also funded the establishment of Duncan Hires brand, for the production of various types of cake mixes too. Since the venture turned out to be successful, the company was the third largest flour miller in the USA market, during that time.

In the year 1956, the company had sold Duncan Hires to Procter & Gamble. During the 1960s, the company started to focus more on business that used raw foods like poultry and also aimed in expanding its livestock feed business as well. Then in the year 1971, the company had changed its name to Conagra. During the 1970s, the company was at the brink of getting destroyed, by trying to expand into businesses like the pet product industry, catfish and also the fertilizer industry as well. By the year 1974, the company was brought again into power from bankruptcy, by an experienced food executive, known as C Michael Harper. Still, the business of the company was vulnerable to commodity prices as well. In the year 1980, the company had acquired Banquet Foods. In the year 1993, the company had spent almost $500 million in the acquisition of other companies, and $480 million in the year 1998. In the year 2002, the company had sold its fresh meat operations, which was named Swift & Company, to another company named Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated. Then in the year 2006, the company had sold off its Chicago Meat business to Smithfield Foods. As of the year 2012, the company was taken over by Ralcorp, for about $4.9 billion. Then in the year 2015, the company had announced that it would be laying off around 1,500 employees and the headquarters will be moved from Omaha to Chicago, United States. In the year 2017, the company had acquired Angie's Artisan Treats. This was followed by the acquisition of Pinnacle Foods in the year 2018, for about $8.1 billion. The headquarters of the company is based in 1 ConAgra Drive. The name of the place is Omaha, while the name of the state is Nebraska, United States. The pin code of the area is 68102.

About

Conagra is an American company that is focused on the manufacturing, selling and distribution of various kinds of packaged foods to its customers. The current CEO of the company is Sean Connolly. As of the year 2017, the total revenue generated by the company is more than $7.8 billion. Also, the number of employees working at the company, as of the year 2017, is more than 12,600. The company sells its products to various supermarkets, food service establishments and also restaurants as well.

Services

The primary services provided by the company include allowing customers to have a retail presence in order to purchase various kinds of packaged foods, manufactured and distributed by the company itself. The company products include frozen dinners, hot cocoa, peanut butter, hot dogs and various other food dishes and recipes as well.