Eagle Foods


Eagle Family Foods Group LLC, doing business as Eagle Foods, is an American food company based in Cleveland, Ohio owned by private equity firm Kelso & Company. The company was founded in 2015 by Paul Smucker Wagstaff, formerly of The J.M. Smucker Company, after acquiring ownership of the canned milk brands formerly owned by Borden Inc..
Eagle Family Foods' product line includes condensed and evaporated milk, popcorn, french fries, sweet onion sticks, and pasta dishes.

History

Gail Borden introduced the Eagle Brand in 1856 to develop a refrigeration and food preservation system, with its condensed milk as the flagship of the company. He established his own company, Borden, Inc. in 1857. In 1874, Eagle Brand became the first registered trademark in the then-British colony of Hong Kong. In East Asian markets excluding South Korea, Eagle Brand products are produced by Nestlé, a Swiss company.
The J.M. Smucker Company bought the canned milk business from Borden in 2007. Eagle Family Foods Group LLC was established after Paul Smucker Wagstaff left The J. M. Smucker Company in 2014 to carry on his own enterprise. Wagstaff partnered with his friend Jeff Boyle to acquire Eagle Brand from The J. M. Smucker Company. A private equity firm, Kelso & Company negotiated the transaction and became their investment partner. Eagle Foods was established in December 2015. In August 2016, Eagle Foods acquired the popcorn brand G.H. Cretors, derived from the Chicago-based manufacturing company Cretors established in 1885.
On July 5, 2022, Eagle Foods acquired the Hamburger Helper and Suddenly Salad brands from General Mills for $610 million.

Products and brands

  • Condensed milk: Eagle Brand, Magnolia
  • Evaporated milk: Magnolia, Milnot, PET
  • Popcorn: Cretors, Monster Pop!, Popcorn, Indiana
  • French fries: Fry Masters
  • Snacks: Skinny Sticks
  • Pasta dishes: Hamburger Helper, Suddenly Salad

    Facilities

  • El Paso, Texas - evaporated and condensed milk
  • Seneca, Missouri - evaporated and condensed milk
Closed facilities
These facilities produced Eagle Brand products under Borden Milk: