Dakota Growers Pasta Company is an American brand of pasta and food processing, currently owned by 8th Avenue, a company of Post Holdings. The former Dakota Growers agricultural processing company was located in Carrington, North Dakota, having started in 1990 as a wheat-growers cooperative. In 2002, Dakota Growers became a public company.[2] As per media reports, Dakota Growers Pasta Company was the third largest pasta manufacturer in North America in 2002, processing about 1.5 million pounds of pasta daily.[3]

Dakota Growers Pasta Co.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFood
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990) [1]
FateAcquired by Viterra in 2010, becoming a brand
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Mike Ness (Plant Manager)
Jack Dalrymple (Chairman)
ProductsPasta
OwnerPost Holdings (2014–pres.)
Website8avepasta.com

Announced as a joint press release on March 10, 2010, Dakota Growers Pasta Company was sold to the Canadian-based agribusiness, Viterra, Inc.[4] Following Viterra's acquisition by Glencore Xstrata, Dakota Growers was sold to Post Holdings on January 1, 2014.[5]

Television

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Vice President David Tressler and the plant were featured on the Food Network show Unwrapped. The episode focused on the manufacture of Dakota Growers Pasta's Dreamfields low-carb pasta line.[citation needed]

Products

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References

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  1. ^ Who We Are - Dakota Growers
  2. ^ "USA: Dakota Growers Pasta Co to sell stock to the public". Just Food. 24 May 2002.
  3. ^ "Dakota Growers Pasta Company members approve corporate change". AgUpdate. 30 May 2002.
  4. ^ Viterra to Acquire Dakota Growers Pasta Company on PR News, 10 Mar 2010
  5. ^ "Post Holdings Completes Acquisition of Dakota Growers Pasta Company". Post Holdings, Inc. January 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
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