Agropur
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| Agricultural cooperative | |
| Industry | Dairy products |
| Founded | Granby, Quebec, Canada (August 24, 1938) |
| Founder | L.-A. Mondou, Omer Deslauriers and 86 dairy producers from the Granby area |
| Headquarters | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
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Key people
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Robert Coallier (CEO), Serge Riendeau (Chairman) |
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Production output
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3.3 billion litres of milk |
| Revenue |  C$ 3.665 billion (2012) |
| C$ 179.4 million (2012) |
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| C$ 39.3 million (2012) |
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| Total assets | C$ 1.355 billion (2012) |
| Total equity | C$ 915.7 million (2012) |
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Number of employees
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6,000 |
| Divisions | Natrel Cheese and Ingredients Ultima Foods (Joint venture) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] |
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Agropur is a Canadian Agricultural cooperative headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
The Agropur cooperative is the largest Canadian dairy company by annualized sales ($3 billion). It was founded in 1938. The company has 3,615 shareholders and 5,700 employees distributed among 27 plants and numerous distribution centres and offices across Canada, and in the United States and Argentina. It processes more than 2.7 billion litres of milk annually. Agropur milk products are sold as Québon, Oka cheese, Sealtest, Natrel, Island Farms, Yoplait, La Lacteo, Trega and Schrœder.
Agropur is the co-owner of Ultima Foods with Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd.
Contents
Brands
- Lucerne - milk
- Natrel - milk
- Fine cheeses
- Sealtest
- Ultima Foods
- Island Farms
- Iogo
- Québon
- olympic
- Cook's
- anco
- Oka
- Central Dairies
- Grand Cheddar
- Allegro
- Farmer's Dairy
- Northumberland Dairy
Locations
- Markham ON - 7100 Woodbine Avenue (regional offices)
- Longueuil QC - 101, boul. Roland-Therrien (head office including Natrel) and 2177, boul. Fernand-Lafontaine (offices — Yoplait)
- Granby QC - 510, rue Principale (Yoplait plant)
