Eskimo Pie Corporation - EPIE- Profile

Eskimo Pie Corporation manufactures and markets a wide range of frozen novelties, ice cream and sorbet products. The company grants licenses to dairies who purchase flavours, packaging material and ingredients from the company for use in the manufacture and distribution of Eskimo pie, RealFruit and sub-licensed branded novelties and other icecream products. The company's subsidiaries are Sugar Creek Foods, Inc. which manufactures and markets yogurt mix and Eskimo Inc. The company also manufactures flexible packaging such as foodservice bags and private label ice cream novelty wraps at the Bloomfield and New Jersey plants. The company has incurred $1.9 mil towards year 2000 expense. The company operates under the brand names Eskimo Pie Realfruit, Welch's, Weight Watchers, Smart Ones and SnackWell. Frozen dairy products accounted for 63% of 1999 revenues; flavours, 20%, foodservice, 14% and packaging, 3%.