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Floyd Wilcox and Sons, Inc.

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Industry
  
Food processing

Founder
  
Floyd Wilcox

Number of employees
  
130 (2008)

Products
  
Potatoes Onions

Founded
  
1948

Type of business
  
Private

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Key people
  
Lynn Wilcox (President, CEO) Vendla Parrish(CFO) Lance Rydalch(CIO) Jim Richter(VP)

Divisions
  
Keith Wilcox & Sons, Inc. Wilcox Fresh

Headquarters
  
Rexburg, Idaho, United States

Wilcox Fresh is the d.b.a. name of Floyd Wilcox & Sons, Inc. (sometimes called Wilcox) It is a produce company or family of companies with headquarters in Rexburg, ID. They harvest and package produce including potatoes and onions.

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History

Floyd Wilcox & Sons, Inc. was started in Thornton, ID in 1948 by Floyd Wilcox. The original building was about 7,000 sq ft (650 m2) and required a lot of manual labor.

In 1998 a new state-of-the-art 88,000 sq ft (8,200 m2). facility was constructed in Rexburg at the current company headquarters. This facility is capable of handling over 1.4 million lbs. of potatoes per day with high speed accuracy and tenderness. The company is currently owned and operated by the descendants of Floyd Wilcox, with Lynn Wilcox currently serving as President.

Fresh Potatoes

Mother Earth Fresh
Harvest Valley

Gourmet Potatoes

Potato Jazz

Discontinued Products

Birds Eye Fresh
Country DLite

References

Floyd Wilcox & Sons, Inc. Wikipedia