Lakeside Foodservice history

With the development of more effective means of applying liquid chemical fertilizers, Lakeside instituted a contract requirement, in 1954, that farmers use liquid fertilizers.

In 1961 Lakeside produced nearly 2.3 million cases and generated revenues of $5.6 million.

In 1972 Lakeside invested $2 million at the Plainview facilities.

The warehouse space at Manitowoc’s Calumet facility was enlarged by 50,000 feet, and in 1983 frozen packaging equipment arrived at the Plainview plant.

With J. Douglas Quick as president, Lakeside’s product expansion continued with the 1988 acquisition of the canned fruit and vegetable division from Krier Foods of Belgium, Wisconsin.

Lakeside acquired a frozen pea and corn processing plant in Brooten, Minnesota, in 1998; the facility was only two years old.

Peak Foods, as the venture was named, operated a plant in Troy, Ohio, and began distribution to retailers, wholesalers, and foodservice distributors in early 2000.

In 2003 Lakeside acquired from Chiquita Processed Foods three production facilities located in Eden and New Richmond, Wisconsin, and Owatonna, Minnesota, and a distribution center located in Poynette, Wisconsin.

Gores, Paul, “Lakeside Foods Is One of the State’s Best-Kept Secrets,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online, http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id[H11005]488032&, August 26, 2006.