Lassonde Industries

{{Short description|Canadian agri-food company}} {{Infobox company | name = Lassonde Industries Inc. | logo = Lassonde Industries logo.svg | logo_size = 130px | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{tsx|LAS.A}} | founded = {{start date and age|1918}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lassonde.com/en/about-us/history/#1918 |title=History of Lassonde - Food manufacturing since 1918 |access-date=2014-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212163946/http://www.lassonde.com/en/about-us/history/#1918 |archive-date=2014-12-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | founder = Aristide Lassonde | hq_location = [[Rougemont, Quebec|Rougemont]], [[Quebec]], Canada | area_served = Canada, United States | key_people = Pierre-Paul Lassonde<br />(Chairman) | subsidiaries = A.Lassonde, Apple & Eve, Clement Pappas & Company, Lassonde Specialties, Arista Wines, Oasis, Rougemont, [[Old Orchard Brands]], [[Sun-Rype|Sun-Rype Products Ltd.]] | num_employees = 2,100{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} | website = [http://www.lassonde.com/en lassonde.com] }}

'''Lassonde Industries Inc.''' is a Canadian [[Food industry|agri-food]] company located in [[Rougemont, Quebec|Rougemont, Montérégie]], with operations throughout North America.

== History ==

Lassonde Industries Inc. acquired [[Jim Pattison Group|The Jim Pattison Group's]] indirect, wholly owned [[subsidiary]] [[Sun-Rype|Sun-Rype Products Ltd.]] for $80 million [[Canadian dollar|CAD]], in an all cash deal expected to close before the end of the 2019 calendar year.<ref name="sun-rype-2019-sale-to-lassonde">{{cite news |author1=Lassonde Industries Inc. |title=Canadian-owned companies Lassonde Industries Inc. and Sun-Rype Products Ltd. to join forces |url=https://www.lassonde.com/en/communications/canadian-owned-companies-lassonde-industries-inc-and-sun-rype-products-ltd-to-join-forces/ |accessdate=30 October 2019 |publisher=Lassonde Industries Inc. |date=29 October 2019 |archive-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030053933/https://www.lassonde.com/en/communications/canadian-owned-companies-lassonde-industries-inc-and-sun-rype-products-ltd-to-join-forces/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sun-rype-sale-infonews-ca">{{cite news |last1=Michaels |first1=Kathy |title=Deal to sell Sun-Rype for $80 million underway |url=https://infotel.ca/newsitem/deal-to-sell-sun-rype-for-80-million-underway/it67168 |accessdate=30 October 2019 |publisher=INFOnews.ca, a division of InfoTel Multimedia, Ltd. |date=29 October 2019}}</ref> As well, in announcing the purchase, it was reported that [[Sun-Rype]] had $164 million [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] in gross sales for their fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and $9 million [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] in [[EBITDA]].<ref name="sun-rype-sale-infonews-ca" /><ref name="sun-rype-2019-sale-to-lassonde" />

== Activities == {{Unreferenced section|date=June 2022}} Lassonde Industries develops, produces, and markets a wide range of ready-to-drink fruit and vegetable [[juices]] and drinks. It also develops, produces, and markets specialized food products including [[fondue]] broths and sauces, [[soups]], sauces, packaged corn on the cob, [[bruschetta]] toppings, [[tapenades]], pestos, and pizza and pasta sauces. Finally, the company imports, packages, and markets wine from various countries, as well as [[apple cider]] and other wine-based beverages.

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==External links== * [http://www.lassonde.com/en Lassonde Industries Inc. homepage]

[[Category:Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange]] [[Category:Food and drink companies of Canada]] [[Category:Drink companies of Canada]] [[Category:Companies based in Quebec]] [[Category:Rouville Regional County Municipality]] [[Category:Food and drink companies established in 1918]] [[Category:1918 establishments in Quebec]] [[Category:Canadian companies established in 1918]]