Kraft Completes Sale to CanGro Foods Inc.

On January 13, 2006 Kraft Canada Inc. completed the sale of its canned fruit and vegetable, soup and Italian foods businesses to CanGro Foods Inc., a newly-formed affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. and EG Capital Group, LLC.  The sale included Del Monte and Aylmer fruit and vegetables, Primo Italian foods, Ideal vegetables, Il Migliore and Roma pasta, and five manufacturing facilities in Ontario and Quebec. 

The Kraft legal team consisted of Ian Cross, Rosanne Angotti and Lang Michener LLP with a team that included Patrick Phelan, Greg McIlwain, Matt German (Corporate), Kalle Soomer (Tax & Pensions), Bill Rowlands (Real Estate), James Musgrove (Competition), and Michael Mulroy and George Waggott (Employment).