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Gold Sustaining Member Profile

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ince our first bag of flour was sold in 1867, ConAgra Foods has grown from a small Nebraska company into one of America’s largest food companies. Today ConAgra Foods is one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, with a strong presence in consumer grocery as well as restaurant and foodservice establishments. ConAgra nourishes the lives of its consumers, customers, and employees by providing trusted, brand-name food and quality ingredients, while fostering a workplace that grows talented people and values inclusion. We work every day to find a better way—to make meal time convenient, to help schools provide nutritious meals for students, to improve the communities in which we operate, and more.

dustry, including such innovations as Ultragrain whole wheat flour and Sustagrain barley; and Gilroy Foods and Flavors, both a leading industrial seasoning and flavor supplier and a leading supplier of vegetables, garlic, onions, and capsicum ingredients, including vegetable innovations such as Controlled-Moisture Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables and GardenFrost Purees. ConAgra Foods is proud to be a Gold Sustaining Member of IAFP and we are dedicated to the safety, quality, and wholesomeness of our products.We are committed to the highest possible standards of food safety throughout our operations and are taking demonstrable measures to that end.This includes the consolidation of responsibility for existing and future companywide oversight of food safety initiatives and systems into a single leadership position, and the formation of a Food Safety Advisory Committee of leading independent experts uniquely positioned in the industry to help the company’s efforts in this area. ConAgra’s mission is simple: One company. One goal. Making the food you love. For more information on ConAgra Foods, please visit our Web site at www.conagrafoods.com.

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onAgra Foods had net sales of $11 billion in 2008, with 25,000 employees spanning the globe. The company is organized into two businesses: Consumer Foods, which manufactures and markets many leading branded products to retail and foodservice customers in the United States and internationally. Among our popular consumer brands are Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee, Banquet, Hunt’s, Hebrew National, PAM, Egg Beaters, Orville Redenbacher’s, and Slim Jim. Commercial Foods, which manufactures and sells a variety of specialty products to foodservice and commercial customers worldwide. Major brands include Lamb Weston, a leading producer of quality frozen potato products and top supplier to foodservice chains and distributors worldwide; ConAgra Mills, a top provider of premium, multi-use flour with the broadest portfolio of whole grain ingredients in the in-

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