Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. is an American food processing company that is one of the world's largest producers and processors of frozen french fries, waffle fries, and other frozen potato products. It is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho, a suburb of Boise.
History The company was founded in 1950 by Gilbert LambCompany factsheet. Lambweston.com. in a former co-op plant in Weston, Oregon. In 1988, it was acquired by ConAgra Foods and moved corporate offices from Tigard, Oregon, to Kennewick, Washington. In November 2016, ConAgra spun off the company to its shareholders. In October 2019, Lamb Weston formed the joint venture, Lamb Weston Alimentos Modernos S.A., with Sociedad Comercial del Plata.
In September 2022, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) fined Lamb Weston $127,000 for 90 violations of the company's wastewater discharge permit between 2015 and 2021, which included the company dumping more than 220 tons of excess nitrogen above an already contaminated aquifer. In 2024, Lamb Weston reached a settlement with the DEQ; the company would pay a $143,400 fine as well as evaluate ways to reduce wastewater, conduct soil sampling and monitor well water.
In September 2023, it was announced Lamb Weston had acquired the Campbellfield, Victoria-headquartered Australian food manufacturer, Crackerjack Foods. The company will join the Lamb Weston Oceania subsidiary.
On November 15, 2024, a class action lawsuit was filed against Lamb Weston along with multiple other companies alleging that they are colluding together to hike prices of potato products in a coordinated way.
Subsidiaries Lamb Weston Holdings has subsidiarieswww.potatopro.com // Lamb Weston Holdings Inc in Europe, Asia and South America.
Companies
China - Lamb Weston - Shanghai,www.potatopro.com // Lamb Weston - Shanghai two processing plants China - TaiMei Potato Industry Europe - Lamb Weston / Meijer: the former joint venture is now fully owned by Lamb Weston.www.potatopro.com // Lamb Weston Meijer six processing plants in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Austria United States - Alexia Foods Canada - Lamb Weston Canada ULC Chile - Unisur Alimentos Ltda Argentina - Lamb Weston Alimentos Modernos S.A.
Processing plants Lamb Weston American Falls (Idaho) Boardman East (Oregon) Boardman West (Oregon) Connell (Washington) Delhi (Louisiana) Hallam (Australia) Hermiston (Oregon) Pasco (Washington) Paterson (Washington) Lamb Weston RDO Frozen - Park Rapids (Minnesota) Quincy (Washington) Richland (Washington) Shangdu (China) Taber (Canada) Twin Falls (Idaho) Warden (Washington)
Lamb Weston/Meijer (1994-2022) Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) Frisch & Frost, Hollabrunn (Austria) Kruiningen (the Netherlands) Broekhuizenvorst (the Netherlands) Lipetsk (Russia) Oosterbierum (the Netherlands) Wisbech (the United Kingdom)
In 2022, Lamb Weston / Meijer sold its Russian plant to local shareholders and later Meijer Beheer B.V. sold his share of ownership to Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.www.potatopro.com // Lamb Weston Holdings Agrees to Acquire Remaining Interest in European Joint Venture Lamb-Weston/Meijer
Lamb Weston Alimentos Modernos S.A. Munro (Argentina)
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