Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is the pet food division of Swiss-based Nestlé, following a merger in December 12, 2001, between the Nestlé's Friskies PetCare Company and the American Ralston Purina Company. It is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Purina traces its roots back to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth began producing feed for various farm animals under the name Purina Mills. Later, in 1902, he merged with universi...
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Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is the pet food division of Swiss-based Nestlé, following a merger in December 12, 2001, between the Nestlé's Friskies PetCare Company and the American Ralston Purina Company. It is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Purina traces its roots back to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth began producing feed for various farm animals under the name Purina Mills. Later, in 1902, he merged with university professor Webster Edgerly, founder of Ralstonism, who was at the time producing breakfast cereals, to form the "Ralston-Purina Company". In 1994, the Ralston "human food" operations of the Ralston Purina Company were spun off into a new company called Ralcorp Holdings.
European multinational corporation Nestlé S.A. and U.S. Ralston Purina Company announced in January 2001 that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement, Nestlé acquired all of the outstanding shares of Ralston Purina (NYSE: RAL) for US$ 33.50...
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