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Industry | Food |
Founded | 1977Boulder, Colorado | in
Founder | Steve Demos |
Fate | Acquired by Dean Foods in 2002, then by Danone |
Headquarters | Broomfield, Colorado , |
Area served | North America and Europe |
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Number of employees | 3,800 |
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Website | danonenorthamerica.com |
Danone North America (previously, WhiteWave Foods) is a consumer packaged food and beverage company based in Broomfield, Colorado, U.S., that manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells branded plant-based foods and beverages, coffee creamers, premium dairy products, and organic produce throughout North America and Europe.
WhiteWave was purchased by French conglomerate Danone in 2017 [1] for $12.5 billion, being then renamed to "DanoneWave". [2]
The company was established as "WhiteWave Foods" in 1977 by Steve Demos in Boulder, Colorado, to expand soy into the market. [3]
The company was formerly a subsidiary of Dean Foods, and was spun off in an initial public offering announced in August 2012. [4] [5] Dean Foods had acquired WhiteWeave in May 2002. [6] [7]
WhiteWave acquired Earthbound Farm, America's largest grower of organic produce, on January 2, 2014, for about $600 million. [8]
In September 2014, WhiteWave announced they were taking over vegan dessert and beverage company, So Delicious. [9] [10] [11] WhiteWave announced on October 31, 2014, that the So Delicious takeover was complete. [12]
On July 7, 2016, French food and beverage manufacturer Danone announced a $12.5 billion deal to acquire WhiteWave. [2] On August 15, WhiteWave announced a meeting had been scheduled for October 4 for stockholders to vote on the Danone takeover. The WhiteWave board unanimously recommend that the takeover bid be accepted. [13] On March 31, 2017, Danone announced it had reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice concerning its WhiteWave transaction for $12.5 billion, wherein Danone sold its "Stonyfield dairy subsidiary in the months after the WhiteWave acquisition closes." [14] The acquisition was completed in April 2017 and newly formed company was named "DanoneWave" and in April 2018 it was renamed "Danone North America". [15] [16] It now operates as a subsidiary and the headquarters remains in Denver. [17]
The company’s brands distributed in North America include Horizon Organic dairy and pantry products, Silk plant-based foods and beverages, Left Field Farms creamer and milk, Stok cold-brew coffee, So Delicious nut milk and yogurt, and International Delight and Land O'Lakes coffee creamers and beverages. [18] [19] WhiteWave’s European brands of plant-based foods and beverages include Alpro and Provamel. [4]
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