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Introduction

37 W. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
U.S.A.
Telephone: (614) 224-7141
Toll Free: (800) 264-6826
Fax: (614) 469-8219
Web site: http://www.lancastercolony.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1961
Employees: 5,500
Sales: $1.1 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: LANC
NAIC: 422420 Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers; 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing; 311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning; 551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies; 541613 Marketing Consulting Services; 541330 Engineering Services

Lancaster Colony Corporation's subsidiaries manufacture a wide variety of products, including automotive floor mats, aromatherapy candles, and salad dressings. These products are sold to such steady retail and food industry customers as Albertson's, Ford Motor Company, and the fast-food chain Arby's. The company consists of three largely autonomous divisions: Specialty Foods, Glassware & Candles, and Automotive Accessories.

1. Introduction
2. Early History
3. Enormous Growth in the 1970s
4. Further Internal Growth and More Acquisitions in the 1980s
5. Reaching Billion-Dollar Sales in the 1990s; Maintaining After the Millennium
6. Principal Subsidiaries
7. Principal Divisions
8. Principal Competitors
9. Further Reading
10. Copyright Page
11. About Page