the branded foods which included Fred's Frozen Foods, to concentrate on the Central Soya's agribusiness. International Multifoods Corporation Purchases Fred's Frozen Foods & Centre Brands On January 24, 1986, International Multifoods Corporation of Minneapolis, Minnesota announce that it had entered into an agreement to purchase Fred's Frozen Foods and Centre Brands from Central Soya for $73 million. The two newly acquired companies were rolled into International Multifoods Corp's prepared food division. Doskocil Food Service Company Buys Fred's Frozen Foods & Centre Brands In March 1994, The Doskocil Company, a maker of pizza toppings and other meat products, agreed to purchase from International Mulifoods Corp the Frozen Specialty Foods Division for $135 million. The brands acquired with the purchase of the division included Fred's Frozen Foods, Rotanelli's, Posada, and Little Juan's. After the acquisition, the new brands were organized as Doskocil Specialty Brands Co. The International Multifoods executive who ran the operation, continued to do so at Doskocil. In the spring of 1995, Doskocil changed its name to Foodbrands America, Inc., to better reflect the company's operations as a broad-based food processor marketing high-profile, branded perishable and frozen foods. IBP buys Fred’s Frozen Foods In 1997, Foodbrands America, Inc. was purchased by Iowa Beef Processors IBP for $640 million. In 1999, Foodbrands America, Inc. dba Specialty Brands, LP of Ontario, California registered Fred's for Starters trademark to reflect the new focus of Fred's Frozen Foods to be the leading foodservice provider of prepared appetizers, namely, breaded and battered vegetables, breaded and battered cheese sticks, onion rings, steak nuggets, meat and seafood based prepared appetizers, namely, crab Rangoon, pot stickers and chicken shu mai. Traditionally, Fred's Frozen Foods manufactured unbranded frozen food products for wholesale foodservice distributors. Fred's would package their products to the foodservice distributors specifications. Fred's for Starter brand marked the evolution from contract manufacturer to brand name foodservice provider. Tyson buys IBP and Spins off Fred’s Frozen Foods (Fred's for Starters) In September 2001, Tyson purchases IBP for $3 billion and determines that Foodbrands America, Inc's Specialty Brands do not fit the Tyson's corporate strategy. Windsor Foods Purchases Fred's Frozen Foods (Fred's for Starters) In April 2002, Tyson announced it had entered into an agreement to sell Foodbrands America, Inc (including Fred's for Starters) to Windsor Quality Food Company, LTD. The brands included in the sale are Butcher Boy (meats), Jose Ole and Posada (Mexican foods), Rotanelli (frozen filled