Author: Mindy Miller
Another account that we haul for is Conagra Foods, formally Pinnacle Foods. We run inbound and outbound loads out of central Illinois, Indiana, Prattville, AL, Elgin, IL, and some out of the Chicago area.
Conagra was first founded in 1919 by Frank Little and Alva Kinney, who brought together four grain mills. The company began producing flour at its own mill, and in 1942 ventured into the livestock feed business. In the 1950s and 1960s, households started purchasing more and more prepared and instant foods. Conagra started going in the opposite direction and focused more on raw foods like poultry and expanding its livestock feed business.
Some of the products Conagra currently produces are cooking oil, frozen dinners, hot cocoa, hot dogs, peanut butter, and many others. Some of the major brands include Hunt’s, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender’s, Orville Redenbacher’s, and Slim Jim.
Conagra also founded the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign in 2013, which would donate up to 3 million meals to help fight child hunger.