Country Pure Foods

Country Pure Foods was created in 1995 through a merger of Natural Country Farms and Ohio Pure Foods. Country Pure Foods remains to this day a privately held corporation. In 2003, the Ellington plant was the cause of an ammonia leak which led to the company being fined by the Environmental Protection Agency for improper reporting of the incident. The company was owned by private equity investors from 1995 to 2014. In 2014, it was acquired by a joint venture between Sapporo Holdings, a major Japanese beverage maker, and Toyota Tsusho, a Japanese trading company better known for operating the automaker of the same name. == Key management ==

• President and Chief Executive Officer: Tony Muscato • Chief Financial Officer: Dave Kantor ==Predecessors==

Natural Country Farms Natural Country Farms was founded in 1985. Prior to merging in the formation of Country Pure Foods, the company was run by Ben Moser and James J. Greco from 1990 to 1995. Ohio Pure Foods Ohio Pure Foods was founded in 1993. Prior to merging in the formation of Country Pure Foods in 1995, the company was run by Dave Mikolajczyk. == References ==