Simmons Pet Food

Simmons Pet Food Inc
Industry Farm Products
Founded 1959 [1]
Headquarters Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States of America
Key people
 Mitch Newton, M.H. Bill Simmons, Todd Simmons, Mike Czuba
Products Pet food
Revenue 2010 US$1 billion [2]
Parent Simmons Foods Inc[1]
Website simmonspetfood.simmonsglobal.com

Simmons Pet Food Inc was founded in 1959. It has operations in Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Emporia, Kansas; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Streetsville, Canada. It manufacturers wet pet food for different brands.

In August 2010 it bought out Menu Foods for $239 million.[3][2]

Manufacturing

Production facilities inherited from Menu Foods are located in Emporia, Kansas; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Streetsville, Ontario. The plants produce wet pet food in aluminum and steel cans at a rate of 1,000 cans per minute, or 1,110 85-gram pouches per minute. Jointly, the plants are able to produce over one billion containers a year.[4]

In April 2014, plans were announced to expand product at the Emporia site.[5] The company closed a poultry processing plant in October, the 200 staff members where offered transfers.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Company Overview of Simmons Pet Food, Inc.". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Simmons Pet Food Acquires Menu Foods". Advantage Business Media. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ↑ marketwire.com
  4. ↑ "Facilities", Menu Foods Income Fund.
  5. ↑ "Simmons Pet Food announces expansion in Emporia". Kansas Department of Commerce. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Simmons Foods CEO confirms plant closure". Sosland publishing. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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