Stock Report: Lancaster Colony Corp. (LANC) Report Updated: Nov 16, 2009  |  Print This Page

Lancaster Colony Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of consumer products in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Specialty Foods, and Glassware and Candles. The Specialty Foods segment produces and sells food products, including salad dressings and sauces under the Marzetti, T. Marzetti, Cardini’s, Pfeiffer, and Girard’s brands; fruit glazes, and vegetable and fruit dips under the T. Marzetti brand; frozen breads under the New York BRAND and Mamma Bella brands; frozen Parkerhouse style yeast dinner rolls and sweet rolls, as well as biscuits under the Sister Schubert’s, Marshall’s, and Mary B’s brands; dry egg noodles under the Inn Maid and Amish Kitchen brands; frozen specialty noodles and pastas under the Reames and Aunt Vi’s brands; croutons and related products under New York BRAND, Texas Toast, Chatham Village, Cardini’s, and T. Marzetti brands; and caviar under the Romanoff brand. This segment markets its products through sales personnel, food brokers, and distributors to retail, club store, foodservice, and industrial markets. The Glassware and Candles segment engages in the manufacture and marketing of candles for the food, drug, and mass markets; and distribution of various products, including glassware and candles, candle accessories, and other home fragrance products in various sizes, forms, and fragrances to mass merchants, supermarkets, drug stores, and specialty shops, as well as to commercial markets, including restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and schools under the Candle-lite brand name. The company was founded in 1961 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.