Lancaster Colony Corporation, an Ohio corporation, is a manufacturer and marketer
of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice channels. We began
our operations in 1961 as a Delaware corporation. In 1992, we reincorporated
as an Ohio corporation. Our principal executive offices are located at 37 West
Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 and our telephone number is 614-224-7141.
In recent years, our strategy has shifted away from operating businesses in
a variety of industries towards emphasizing the growth and success we have achieved
in our Specialty Foods business. Consistent with this strategy, on January 30,
2014, we sold effectively all of the net operating assets of our candle manufacturing
and marketing operations. This sale marked the divestiture of our last remaining
non-food business. The financial results of these operations for 2014, previously
included in our Glassware and Candles segment, are reported as discontinued
operations.
Salad dressings and sauces
Marzetti, Marzetti Simply Dressed, Cardini’s, Girard’s, Katherine’s
Kitchen
Vegetable dips and fruit dips
Marzetti
Frozen garlic breads
New York BRAND Bakery, Mamma Bella, Mamma Bella’s
Frozen Parkerhouse style yeast rolls and dinner rolls
Sister Schubert’s, Mary B’s
Premium dry egg noodles
Inn Maid, Amish Kitchen
Frozen specialty noodles
Reames, Aunt Vi’s
Croutons and salad toppings
New York BRAND Bakery, New York BRAND Bakery Texas Toast, Chatham Village, Cardini’s,
Marzetti Simply Dressed, Marzetti
Flatbread wraps and pizza crusts
Flatout
Caviar
Romanoff
We also manufacture and sell other products pursuant to brand license agreements,
including Olive Garden® dressing, Jack Daniel’s® mustards and
Hungry Girl® flatbreads. A portion of our sales are products sold under
private label to retailers, distributors and restaurants primarily in the United
States. Additionally, a small portion of our sales are dressing packets, frozen
specialty noodles, pasta and flatbreads sold to industrial customers for use
as ingredients or components in their products.
Sales are made to retail and foodservice channels. The vast majority of the
products we sell in the retail and foodservice channels are sold primarily through
sales personnel, food brokers and distributors. We have strong placement of
products in U.S. grocery produce departments through our refrigerated salad
dressings, vegetable and fruit dips, and croutons. Our flatbread products are
generally placed in the deli section of the grocery store. We also have products
typically marketed in grocery aisles involving shelf-stable salad dressing,
slaw dressing, dry egg noodles and croutons. Within the frozen aisles of grocery
retailers, we also have prominent market positions of frozen yeast rolls, garlic
breads and egg noodles. Products we sell in the foodservice channel are often
custom-formulated and include salad dressings, sandwich and dipping sauces,
frozen breads and yeast rolls.