Pinnacle Foods

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. is a packaged foods company, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, that specializes in the shelf stable and frozen food categories.The company was founded in 1998 as Vlasic Foods International, acquiring the Swanson TV dinners, Open Pit and Vlasic Pickles brands from the Campbell Soup Company. In March 2004, it acquired Aurora Foods, based in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2009, Pinnacle Foods acquired Birds Eye Foods, Inc.