Thomas P. WernerThe leadership team of Lamb Weston, a major supplier of frozen potato products to restaurants and foodservice distributors around the world, will host an Investor Day on October 13 at 9 AM EDT in New York City. During the event, Thomas P. Werner, who will serve as chief executive officer of the company following its spin-off from Chicago, Illinois-headquartered ConAgra Foods later this autumn, will present information on Lamb Weston’s business strategies and long-term financial objectives.
The Investor Day event will be available for viewing via live audio webcast at http://www.tvtechmanagers.com/lambweston/. The presentation will also be accessible at http://investor.conagrafoods.com, and a rebroadcast will uploaded on October 14, after 9 AM EDT, at http://investor.conagrafoods.com.
ConAgra Foods, which is ranked as one of North America’s leading packaged food manufacturers and marketers, offers a diversified range of products. Among its well known nationally distributed frozen retail brands are Marie Callender’s, Healthy Choice and Banquet ready meals and side dishes.
The company’s Lamb Weston business, which will soon operate as a stand-alone unit, is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers in many countries spanning the globe from North and South America to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania. For more than 60 years, it has been in the forefront of innovation with new product introductions that simplify back-of-house management for customers and satisfy consumer appetites.
Incoming Lamb Weston CEO Werner, age 50, is currently president of ConAgra’s Commercial Foods division, leading the company’s Lamb Weston and Foodservice businesses. He also served as interim president of ConAgra’s Private Brands from June 2015 through its divestiture in February of 2016. Previously Werner held a series of finance and managerial posts throughout ConAgra Foods, and was part of the governing committee representing Lamb Weston in the Kruiningen, Holland-headquartered Lamb Weston/Meijer joint venture.
