Agropur

Agropur is a dairy cooperative headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, and founded in 1938. It is owned by farmer members and operates across the processing, manufacturing and sale of dairy products, with Canada and the United States as its principal markets. Its portfolio includes fluid milk, cheese, butter, milk powders and other dairy ingredients and food-service products. In addition to operating under the Agropur name, the cooperative has consumer-facing brands such as Natrel and iögo, while also supplying retail, food-service, food-manufacturing and other commercial customers. As a cooperative, Agropur follows a member-owned model rather than the structure of a publicly traded dairy company. Its activities include processing members' milk, expanding dairy manufacturing capabilities and serving multiple dairy end markets. Specific current financial figures, operating scale and brand-market positions should be verified against the company's latest disclosures.

Agropur was established in Canada in 1938 as a dairy cooperative organized around farmer members and the collection, processing and sale of milk. As the Canadian dairy industry developed, the cooperative expanded its manufacturing capabilities and product range, moving beyond basic dairy processing into fluid milk, cheese, butter, milk powders and dairy ingredients supplied to food manufacturers and food-service customers. It subsequently developed a business structure serving both consumer markets through branded products and commercial customers through dairy processing and ingredient operations. Headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Agropur operates in Canada and the United States. Brands such as Natrel and iögo represent its consumer-facing activities, while milk powders, cheese, butter and other dairy ingredients reflect its industrial and food-service capabilities. Because sufficiently reliable public historical documentation was not available for this entry, specific acquisition, expansion and leadership-change dates are not listed.

A major Canadian dairy cooperative owned by its member dairy farmers, serving the consumer dairy, foodservice, and dairy ingredients markets.

• Fluid milk

  One of Agropur's core dairy categories, serving retail consumers as well as food-service and commercial customers. The category includes milk and other fluid dairy products sold through consumer brands and business channels.

• Cheese

  Cheese is one of Agropur's principal processed dairy categories, serving retail, food-service and food-manufacturing applications. It reflects the cooperative's value-added dairy manufacturing activities.

• Butter

  Butter is part of Agropur's traditional dairy portfolio and may be supplied to retail, food-manufacturing and food-service customers for household use, baking and industrial applications.

• Milk powders

  Milk powders are an important dairy-ingredient category for Agropur's industrial and commercial customers. They support storage, transportation and formulation in food manufacturing and other dairy-processing applications.

• Natrel

  Natrel is an Agropur consumer dairy brand associated with fluid milk and other dairy consumption occasions in the Canadian market. It represents the cooperative's branded retail activity.

• iögo

  iögo is an Agropur consumer dairy brand used in its branded retail dairy business. Its precise current product range and market scope should be confirmed through the latest company and brand materials.

• 2021

  EEOC sues Agropur over alleged disability discrimination

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Agropur alleging disability discrimination. According to the EEOC, the company failed to provide an accommodation to a disabled employee and later discharged her after attendance points accrued because the accommodation was not provided. The EEOC is seeking monetary relief and an injunction. The allegations are presented as claims in the lawsuit and are not described as a court determination.

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  EEOC sues Agropur over alleged disability discrimination[2]EEOC sues Agropur over alleged disability discriminationjdsupra.com

  The EEOC sued Agropur, alleging that it failed to accommodate a disabled employee and discharged her after attendance points accrued from the company’s failure to provide an accommodation. The EEOC is seeking monetary relief and an injunction; the allegations are not presented as a court determination.

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1. 1Agropur official websiteagropur.com
2. 2EEOC sues Agropur over alleged disability discriminationjdsupra.com