TreeHouse Foods to Enter the Canadian Retail Private Label Non-Dairy Creamer Business Through Agreement With Sandra Tea & Coffee
January 21 2010 - 2:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
WESTCHESTER, Ill., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TreeHouse
Foods (NYSE:THS) announced today that its E.D. Smith subsidiary has
signed an agreement to directly supply the Canadian retail private
label non-dairy creamer business rather than sell through Sandra, a
leading supplier of coffee and tea products in Canada. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed, but are not expected to have a
material effect on TreeHouse. Sandra has been the leading supplier
of private label non-dairy creamer in Canada for more than 30
years. E.D. Smith is a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Bay
Valley Foods and has been a supplier of non-dairy creamer to Sandra
over this period. "The addition of the retail private label
non-dairy creamer business will allow E.D. Smith to continue
building its growing presence in the Canadian market and expanding
its relationships with Canada's leading retailers," said Harry J.
Walsh, President of Bay Valley Foods. TreeHouse Foods, through its
Bay Valley Foods and E.D. Smith subsidiaries, is the largest
supplier of private label retail non-dairy creamer in North
America. Bay Valley Foods is also a leading supplier of bulk
non-dairy creamer to numerous food companies as an ingredient for a
wide range of products and for use in the food service market.
About TreeHouse Foods TreeHouse is a food manufacturer servicing
primarily the retail grocery and foodservice channels. Its products
include non-dairy powdered coffee creamer; canned soup, salad
dressings and sauces; salsa and Mexican sauces; jams and pie
fillings under the E.D. Smith brand name; pickles and related
products; infant feeding products; and other food products
including aseptic sauces, refrigerated salad dressings, and liquid
non-dairy creamer. TreeHouse believes it is the largest
manufacturer of pickles and non-dairy powdered creamer in the
United States and the largest manufacturer of private label salad
dressings in the United States and Canada based on sales volume.
About Sandra Tea & Coffee Sandra is a privately owned Canadian
based manufacturer of tea, coffee and related products, servicing
the foodservice and retail channels in North America.
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