International Multifoods

Company History: Founded in 1892 as New Prague Flouring Mill Company, International Multifoods Corporation was once known as one of the “Big Three” in U.S. flour milling, along with General Mills and Pillsbury. But the company has undergone sweeping restructuring strategies—first diversifying heavily into consumer foods and animal feeds in the 1970s and early 1980s, then divesting itself of such interests (including its stake in the U.S. portion of its original product, Robin Hood flour) and fortifying its stake in the food vending industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the late 1990s, International Multifoods was composed of three business units: Multifoods Distribution Group, North America Foods, and Venezuela Foods. To emphasize its global interests, the company has adopted the signature of “International Multifoods.”

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