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Oerther Foods company history timeline

1968

Morini, the president of his high school's science club, dramatically altered the fat profile of natural cheese in his experiments begun in 1968.

1972

Morini also worked for General Foods Company and the food service division of Pillsbury Company before he founded his own company, Fiesta Foods & Galaxy Foods, in 1972.

1980

1980: Morini changes the name of his company to Galaxy Cheese Company.

1984

By 1984, the company was generating more than $6.5 million in sales and growing at a pace that required Morini to treat his company as a burgeoning corporate concern.

1987

On October 17, 1987, weeks after the IPO, the stock market suffered a severe crisis, collapsing on a day that quickly became known as "Black Monday." The financial catastrophe cost Galaxy Cheese $1 million, forcing the company to virtually eliminate its advertising budget.

1991

In June 1991, Galaxy moved to Orlando, Florida, where it unveiled a state-of-the art manufacturing facility.

2000

2000: Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc. is adopted as the company's new name.

2001

In 2001, when the company generated nearly $45.4 million in sales, it reported a loss of more than $6 million.

2021

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