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Kemps company history timeline

1921

In 1921, the doctor advised that he may not be able to survive too many more winters in Minnesota.

1924

They would eventually purchase a home in Beverly Hills and move there in 1924.

1961

In 1961, Kemps-Crescent would merge with Marigold Dairies of Rochester, Minnesota and Dolly Madison Dairies of Eau Claire, Wisconsin to form Marigold Foods, Inc.

1968

The company would merge with Ward Food Services of Maplewood, Minnesota in 1968.

2001

National Dairy Holdings purchased Marigold Foods and its subsidiaries from Royal Wessanen in 2001, only to be acquired by HP Hood three years later in a deal that also involved Crowley Foods of Binghamton, New York.

2002

Marigold Foods would be renamed Kemps LLC in 2002 as most products provided by the company were of the Kemps brand.

2011

In 2011, the company would be sold by HP Hood to Dairy Farmers of America.

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Founded
1914
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Headquarters
Saint Paul, MN
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Founders
W. S. Lathrop,William Kemps
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