Foster Farms acquires ConAgra’s Mexican food lines

Foster Farms announced it has acquired the Fernando's and el eXtremo foodservice brands from ConAgra Foods.

June 17, 2009

Foster Farms announced it has acquired the Fernando's and el eXtremo foodservice brands from ConAgra Foods.

Financial terms of the June 15 deal were not disclosed.

A manufacturing facility in Compton, Calif., which produces the Mexican food lines, was included in the sale and will remain operational.

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