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Tone Brothers company history timeline

1978

In 1978 Universal Foods, of Milwaukee, bought Mid-Continent.

1979

Shortly thereafter, Tone found itself on the market again, and in 1979 it was acquired by a group of Des Moines investors.

1984

Sales rose sharply to $25 million in 1984.

1989

Sale to Rykoff-Sexton in 1989

1992

"Tone in Pepper Venture," Des Moines Register , February 11, 1992,p.

1994

By this time, the company produced more than 250 different seasonings and mixes, requiring it to build a new, technologically advanced plant in Ankeny, Iowa, which was completed in 1994.

1995

"Tone's Iowa Plant Wins Out," Des Moines Register , April 7, 1995,p.

"Recall Notice—Tone Brothers Ground Nutmeg," FDA Enforcement Report, August 30, 1995.

1996

"Rykoff-Sexton Arbitration Resolved," PR Newswire , October 11, 1996.

The year 1996 was a financial disaster for Burns Philp, with losses of almost $62 million largely attributed to the spice war.

1997

"Spice Concern Sale Is Off," The New York Times , November 7, 1997,p.

Tone's: 124 Years of Innovation and Progress , Ankeny, Iowa: Tone Brothers, Inc., 1997.

2002

"Australia: Burns Philp Saw Better Half-Year Profit," Australian Financial Review, January 30, 2002.

2004

Announces Acquisition of Tone Brothers, Inc.," Business Wire, July 22, 2004.

Leicester, John, "Associated British Foods Buying Tone Brothers, America's Intelligence Wire , July 23, 2004.

2016

The sale is expected to close during the last three months of 2016.

2022

Azzata, Gerry "Tone Brothers, Inc. ." International Directory of Company Histories. . Retrieved June 23, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/tone-brothers-inc

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