Saputo Incorporated 4544271 216085994 2008-05-31T00:37:38Z NoseNuggets 253449 /* See also */ '''Saputo Inc.''' ({{Tsx|SAP}}) is a [[Montreal]] based [[Canadian]] [[dairy]] company. Founded as a cheese store in [[1954]] by [[Italian people|Italian]] immigrant Giuseppe Saputo, today Saputo's business includes cheese, baked goods and milk production. Saputo operates in [[Canada]], as well as in the [[United States]] and [[Argentina]]. It is the largest dairy processor in Canada. About a third of its revenues come from the company's operations in the [[United States]]. ==Products== Products made by Saputo include: * Nutrilait - [[milk]] * [[Dairyworld Foods|Dairyland and Dairyworld]] - [[milk]] * Baxter * [[Vachon Inc.|Vachon]] (snack cakes) * Stella Cheese - [[cheese]] * Treasure Cave * Gardenia * Armstrong Cheese - [[cheese]] * Dansco - a [[mozzarella]] plant in [[Newcastle Emlyn]], [[Carmarthenshire]], [[Wales]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6483987.stm BBC NEWS | Wales | South West Wales | 130 jobs saved in dairy firm deal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * Princesse * Kingsley * Ricrem * Lait Go - Milk 2 go [[milk]] * Saputo Cheese - [[cheese]] * Portneuf * Bari * Senda * Hop'N'Go * [[Jos. Louis]] * Hostess (under license) * Rondeau cookies ==See also== * [[Joey Saputo]] * [[Dairyland Canada]] * [[Saputo Stadium]], a soccer venue in Montreal ==References== *[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3301/is_8_105/ai_n6169446 Dairy Foods, August, 2004. Saputo is golden: Canada's top dairy celebrating anniversary] *[http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030915.wbsaputo0915/BNStory/Business/?query=saputo The Globe and Mail, September 15, 2003. Saputo to close two plants , sell one.] *[http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/investing/story.html?id=1b7f6d9c-5412-4de6-a0d2-2fc70fe73f76 National Post: Saputo aims to stay a big cheese] *[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EUY/is_13_11/ai_n13612899 Food & Drink Weekly, April 4, 2005. Saputo, the largest dairy processor in Canada, is to buy the manufacturing, marketing and distribution rights to Fromage Cote SA's and Distributions Kingsey Inc's cheese business for C$54 million] {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.saputo.com/ Official site] *[http://www.saputo.com/corpo/client/en/corpo/Accueil/Accueil.asp Saputo Corporate page] [[Category:Companies established in 1954]] [[Category:Companies based in Montreal]] [[Category:Canadian dairy products companies]] [[fr:Saputo]]