Conagra Brands, Inc.

Conagra Brands, Inc., a Chicago-based for-profit corporate food manufacturer registered in the System for Award Management since 2003, specializes in the production and supply of food commodities to support federal food assistance initiatives. As a parent entity with divisions operating under the names Conagra Foodservice Co and Conagra Foods Culinary Products, the company has established itself as a reliable supplier of essential food products to the federal government through definitive contracts and cooperative agreements. The company's expertise in manufacturing and distributing food commodities has made it a consistent partner with federal agencies focused on domestic food assistance programs.

Conagra Brands has supplied buttery spread light tubs in 12-15 ounce units to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service through an extensive series of prime federal contracts awarded under the USDA's Commodity Procurement Program. Since 2021, the company has received seventeen separate definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awards for the procurement of approximately 200,000 pounds of light buttery spread per contract, with ceiling values ranging from $44,432.55 to $259,329.60. All contracts were awarded on an unrestricted, competitive basis with no set-aside designations, reflecting open competition among qualified vendors. The most recent awards include a December 4, 2025 contract valued at $172,886.40 with completion scheduled for March 15, 2026, and an August 4, 2025 contract of identical value with December 15, 2025 completion. Each contract specifies that all commodities must be products of the United States, grown, processed, and prepared exclusively within the country in compliance with Agricultural Acquisition Regulation requirements. The contracts support the USDA's mission to provide nutritional assistance through domestic food donation initiatives, with delivery locations spanning multiple states including Indiana, Arkansas, and Missouri. Conagra's consistent performance on these contracts demonstrates its capacity to reliably supply large quantities of food commodities on firm-fixed-price terms to support government food assistance programs.

Beyond its contract work, Conagra Brands received a $266,626 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service on December 6, 2021 under the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (CFDA #10.183). Under this agreement, which had a completion date of June 30, 2022, Conagra served as a recipient organization responsible for distributing Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program funds to dairy farmers in Wisconsin who experienced reduced milk values due to market abnormalities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and related federal policies. As part of the cooperative agreement, Conagra was required to disburse payments to eligible dairy farmers, obtain adjusted gross income attestations, issue 1099-MISC forms documenting payments, provide documentation of compliance with program rules, and deliver dairy policy education to eligible producers. The intended beneficiaries were dairy farmers whose milk was marketed to Federal Milk Marketing Order regulated handlers during July through December 2020. This grant award reflects Conagra's role beyond commodity supply, demonstrating the company's participation in direct financial assistance programs aimed at supporting agricultural producers affected by pandemic-related market disruptions.