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1. Carriage House Foodservice Division Overview Ralcorp Snacks Sauces & Spreads
2. The Ralcorp Story Spun off from Ralston Purina on April 1, 1994
A reinvented company, focused on growth through acquisition Slide 2
3. Today Ralcorp is organized around four divisions with highly attractive market positions Slide 3 3204032040
4. Ralcorp Snacks, Sauces & Spreads Division Structure Slide 4
5. Carriage House Overview
A Proven Supplier
Private Label Focused…
Private Label Committed Slide 5
6. Core Competencies Financially Strong Parent Company
Deep Resources Company-wide
Continual Investment within Business Units (Capital)
Multiple Product Categories / Supply Chain Optimization
Deep Procurement Experience / Strategic Alliances with Key Suppliers
Marketing, Merchandising, Sales and Corporate Support
Quality & Food Safety: All Plants SQF Level II, or BRC Grade A Certified
Product Development, Innovation, and Speed to Market
Commitment to Sustainability
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7. Multiple Production Facilities Slide 7
8. BRC/AIB Audit ResultsGFSI – Global Food Safety Initiative Slide 8
9. Capital Improvements Over 100 new capital projects were approved for fiscal year ‘09
Completed projects include: New X-Ray Equipment - $1.2 million, Increase Capacity
Assess Equipment Upgrade Needs, Quality and Product Safety, New products, Bag-In-Box.
Capital Spending Plan:
? FY 07 - $3.8 ? FY 08 – $5.09 ? FY 09 – $6.5 ? FY 10 - $8.5
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10. Sales and Marketing Resources
Dedicated category analyst to support fact based category and product assortment recommendations using a wide array of syndicated data subscriptions and other online sources including IRI, Technomic, Npd/crest, Westport, Datassential and Mintel.
Merchandising programs designed to help customers and distributors grow their sales including: marketing programs/food shows/product extranet/web site support.
Ongoing monitoring and reporting performed on National Brands and Private Label activity and changes in formulation, packaging, cost structure and other program reviews to ensure the value of our customer and distributor programs.
Regional Sales Managers positioned in key markets and available to provide support at every level for product, promotion, merchandising and custom programs.
Carriage House employs a national broker support network that covers all 50 states and lends key customer and distributor support on a dedicated basis. Slide 10
11. Research & Development - Carriage House carefully selects only the choicest
ingredients to assure our customers’ needs are being met.
. Manufacturing ingredients must meet the specifications of the U.S.
Pharmacopedia, the National Formulary and the Food Chemical Codex.
. National Brand formula emulation through state-of-the-art diagnostic
analysis.
. Carriage House has over 75 years of food processing experience across
all categories.
. Kosher Certified by Orthodox Union.
. Good Manufacturing Process (GMP), Material Safety Data Information
and Safety Training for all Employees.
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12. Sustainability Strategy
Ralcorp Snacks, Sauces and Spreads has formed a cross Divisional Sustainability Team charged to:
Measure key sustainability activities
Report ongoing performance to ensure transparency with key stakeholders and compliance with regulatory agencies.
Improve performance by identifying the metrics that have the greatest impact on goal attainment so you can make the most informed strategic decisions.
Manage and forecast the finances and resources needed to achieve the desired outcomes.
Prioritize organizational strategies
Establish scorecards and strategy maps driven by the sustainability goals of the organization.
The team is composed of a facility lead from each plant as well as our packaging engineers and our packaging buyers. Initiatives
All new CHC packaging projects have sustainability as a key consideration in our review and development:
Corporate wide consolidated recycling project
Linette stand up Pouches
New steak sauce bottles
2# PET P&J expansion
Redesign 1 liter beverage bottle
Elimination of TE bands on Flavored Syrup, Table and Spoonables,
Light weighting CT closures
Glass supplier Leone Industries utilizes on of it not the most efficient glass furnace in the industry.
Open top Microwave Syrup case
Reduction in ECT board on 2# PET P&J tray
Potential conversion from barrier to non barrier bottles on FS Mexican
Table syrup bottle redesign
Medallion printed film R-Source project. Slide 12