Bolthouse Farms, founded 1915 in Grant, Michigan, is a vertically integrated farm company located in California's San Joaquin Valley and headquartered in Bakersfield, California. The company still operates some facilities in Prosser, Washington, but shut down operations in Michigan in June 2010. Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners owned Bolthouse from 2005 to 2012. Bolthouse is in the process of being bought by the Campbell Soup Company for US$1.55 Billion.
According to the business research company Hoover's, Bolthouse Farms is one of the United States' leading producers of carrots. Bolthouse is also a leading producer of super-premium refrigerated products.
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