another local veg friendy company-Imagine- got bought out

[Guest guest]

by a big company, please read the last line. By the way, is Soy Delicious

bought out too? I was wondering why Imagine and Turtle Mt wasn't at the Veg Fair

event this year.... Hmm, every healthy and organic company seems to be gobbled

up by a big corporation. I also heard small organic farms, are being pushed

out by larger organic farms... --Imagine Foods, the founder is still a

vegetarian...

About Us

 

It began as a dream...

 

Founded in the Missouri countryside in 1982, Robert Nissenbaum was one of two

partners in the early days of the company. Over the past 20 years, through lots

of growth and change, Imagine Foods has steadfastly maintained its commitment to

making the highest quality, most delicious all-natural foods. Here are other

brief insights regarding Robert’s background and our history.

 

In 1971, when he was just 20, Robert opened Morning Dew Organic Food Market in

his hometown of St. Louis, MO. It was one of the original natural/organic food

stores in the US. Back then an extremely small percentage of the population was

beginning to understand there may be a link between diet, health and well being,

and our environment. Robert’s early perceptions of this led him to explore a

natural vegetarian diet, macrobiotics, yoga, and organic gardening. He used the

small store to share these ideas with other people and make organic food

available. In 1974, he organized the founding of the Sunshine Inn in St. Louis,

one of the early natural foods restaurants in the US, which remained open until

the late ‘90’s.

 

In the summer of 1984 Robert and his partner took some of their products

including soy tempeh and an early version of Rice Dream beverage, to a natural

food industry trade show. Distributors from all over the US wanted to buy one

product in particular – Rice Dream Frozen Dessert, a non-dairy alternative to

ice cream Robert had developed. That began a long adventure of moving the small

company literally out of a small shop in the woods to Northern California, which

Robert perceived as a mecca for both agricultural resources and natural foods

consumer awareness.

 

Nearly 20 years later Imagine Foods makes some of the best-selling organic and

natural brands – Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Imagine Natural Organic Soups and

Broths, Power Dream Soy Energy Drinks and Soy Dream Organic Frozen Desserts.

 

Through the years what hasn’t changed is our commitment to Robert’s earliest

belief in the value of good tasting, healthy natural and organic foods. We

appreciate your interest in our products and hope that you and your family will

enjoy them for years to come.

 

In December 2002, Imagine Foods proudly joined the Hain-Celestial Group, a

leading natural and organic food company. Being part of the Hain-Celestial

family of outstanding brands will enable Imagine Foods to bring to market even

more high quality organic and natural food products.

 

 

 

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due to my high amount of emails, I am unable to answer everyone's emails on

vegetarian questions.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I've decided to expand my comitment in supporting veg companies to

include my investment strategy. I bought stock in HAIN and other veg-

friendly companies. HAIN was at the Veg Fair in Santa clara giving

out free food, and while there I asked some of the workers how they

like working for Hain (gotta keep track of the employee happiness in

the company I own).

HAIN of course produces food products under many veg friendly labels,

including: Westbrae, Health valley, Terra Chips, Westsoy, Yves,

Garden of Eatin', Arrowhead Mills, and Celestial Seasonings teas.

The only draw back is that the largest share of stock is owned by

Heinz (about 37%).

But we should remember, that when private small companies like

Imagine get bought, they are not being bought out, they have reached

a mutual agreement and I think its nice that HAIN continues to market

under each of these product lines.

If someone has some negative feedback on HAIN, I'd be interested in

hearing about it.

 

 

>-- Sunny wrote:

> In December 2002, Imagine Foods proudly joined the Hain-Celestial

Group, a leading natural and organic food company. Being part of the

Hain-Celestial family of outstanding brands will enable Imagine Foods

to bring to market even more high quality organic and natural food

products.

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