Agropur

Agropur

Type	Agricultural cooperative
Industry	Dairy products
Founded	Granby, Quebec, Canada (August 24, 1938 (1938-08-24))
Founder	L.-A. Mondou, Omer Deslauriers and 86 dairy producers from the Granby area
Headquarters	Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Key people	Robert Coallier (CEO), Serge Riendeau (Chairman)
Production output	3.3 billion litres of milk
Revenue	C$3.665 billion (2012)
Operating income	C$ 179.4 million (2012)
Net income	C$ 39.3 million (2012)
Total assets	C$ 1.355 billion (2012)
Total equity	C$ 915.7 million (2012)
Number of employees	6,000
Divisions	Natrel Cheese and Ingredients Ultima Foods (Joint venture) Davisco
Website	www.agropur.com
Footnotes / references ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Agropur is a Agricultural cooperative headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.

The Agropur cooperative is the largest Canadian dairy company by annualized sales ($3 billion). It was founded in 1938. The company has 3,615 shareholders and 5,700 employees distributed among 27 plants and numerous distribution centres and offices across Canada, and in the United States and Argentina. It processes more than 2.7 billion litres of milk annually. Agropur milk products are sold as Québon, Oka cheese, Sealtest, Natrel, Island Farms, Northumberland Dairy, La Lacteo, Trega and Schrœder.

Agropur is the co-owner of Ultima Foods with Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd.

Brands

Lucerne — milk
Natrel — milk
Sealtest Dairy
Ultima Foods
Island Farms
Iogo
Québon
Olympic
Cook's
Anco
Oka
Central Dairies
Grand Cheddar
Allegro
Farmer's Dairy
Northumberland Dairy
Davisco Foods (acquired 2014)

References

↑ "Agropur through the decades". Agropur. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
↑ "Corporate Profile". Agropur. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
↑ "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Agropur. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

External links

Agropur Cooperative official website

Agropur

Products	Natrel Sealtest Dairy Ultima Foods (50%) iögo Yoplait

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