How Bob Evans Farms Makes America’s Favorite Mashed Potatoes
From field to table in a few hours, one plant in Ohio is responsible for nearly all of the company’s RTE mashed potato production plus millions of pounds of mac & cheese.
As the best-selling refrigerated side dish in the U.S., there’s a good chance they are on your holiday dinner table. A single plant in northwest Ohio produces about 136 million pounds of Bob Evans Farms RTE mashed potatoes, with automation and about 400 employees making the bulk of the brands’ mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese, available in multiple flavors.
Bob Evans Farms, owned by Post Holdings, is based in a suburb of Columbus and known for farm-inspired mealtime helpers like RTE macaroni and cheese and breakfast favorites like sausage, ham and diced potatoes. Four manufacturing sites – in Ohio, Michigan and Texas -- handle production of the company’s RTE foods along with Post Holdings’ other brands, Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters and Owens Sausage.
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