gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts
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gptkbp:brand_owner_in_Canada
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gptkb:Lactalis
gptkb:Parmalat
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:defunct
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1990
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gptkbp:fate
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acquired and broken up
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gptkbp:founded
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1894
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:George_Everett_Haskell
gptkb:William_W._Bosworth
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gptkbp:headquarters_location
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gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Beatrice Foods
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gptkbp:industry
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food processing
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gptkbp:keyPerson
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gptkb:James_Dutt
gptkb:Leo_F._Mullin
gptkb:William_Granger
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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brand name still used in Canada
diversified into non-food businesses
major conglomerate in the 1970s and 1980s
subject of leveraged buyout in 1986
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gptkbp:notableProduct
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gptkb:Samsonite
gptkb:Swiss_Miss
gptkb:Playtex
gptkb:Good_Humor
gptkb:Tropicana
gptkb:Avis_Rent_a_Car
gptkb:La_Choy
gptkb:Orville_Redenbacher's
gptkb:Meadow_Gold
gptkb:Butter-Nut_Coffee
gptkb:Culligan
gptkb:Hunt's_Foods
gptkb:Starkist
gptkb:Peter_Pan_peanut_butter
gptkb:Shedd's_Spread
gptkb:Wesson_Oil
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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over 90,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:stockSymbol
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gptkb:BFD
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Unilever
gptkb:Nestlé
gptkb:Dean_Foods
gptkb:Borden,_Inc.
gptkb:Sara_Lee_Corporation
gptkb:Beatrice_Company
gptkb:ConAgra_Foods
gptkb:Kraft_Foods
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gptkbp:tradedOn
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gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Woburn_water_contamination_case
gptkb:Jolly_Rancher
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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