Post Consumer Brands

Overview

• Industryfood processing¹
• HeadquartersSt. Louis¹
• Founded inBattle Creek¹
• Websitewww.postconsumerbrands.com
• Listed onNew York Stock Exchange¹

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Post Consumer Brands, LLC (previously Post Cereals and Postum Cereals), also known as Post, is an American consumer packaged goods food manufacturer headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota. The company, founded in 1895 by C. W. Post, owns a large portfolio of cereal brands that include Bran Flakes, Honey Bunches of Oats, Golden Crisp, Grape-Nuts, Honeycomb, Pebbles, and Waffle Crisp, among others.²

Corporate structure

Post Consumer Brands is part of a group headed by Post Holdings. 72 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by C. W. Post in 1895, in Battle Creek.¹

Leadership

Who has led Post Consumer Brands, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderC. W. Post¹

Products and brands

• breakfast cereal

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1. 1895Founded Founded in Battle Creek¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov⁴, by calendar year, 2010–2026, for 2 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

1. Nov 18, 2022$6.4M from Agricultural Marketing Service: Commodities for usg food donations: 2000008897/4100026517/cereal corn squares 1344 pkg-14/12 oz,cereal rice 1080 pkg-14/12 oz,cereal oat cir⁵ To POST CONSUMER BRANDS, LLC Award 123J1423C0227
2. Apr 20, 2022$5.1M from Agricultural Marketing Service: Commodities for usg food donations: 2000008451/4100025283/cereal rice 1080 pkg-14/12 oz,cereal corn rice bisc 1440 pkg#14/12 oz,cereal oat c⁶ To POST CONSUMER BRANDS, LLC Award 123J1422C1246
3. Aug 22, 2022$5.0M from Agricultural Marketing Service: Commodities for usg food donations: 2000008715/4100026140/cereal rice 1080 pkg-14/12 oz,cereal oat circles 1440 pkg#12/14 oz,cereal oat circ⁷ To POST CONSUMER BRANDS, LLC Award 123J1422C2137
4. Jul 31, 2019$4.0M from Agricultural Marketing Service: 2000006282/4100017987/cereal oat circles 1344 pkg-12/14 oz,cereal wt shredded 2160 pkg-10/16.4 oz,cereal corn flks 1080 pkg-12/18 oz⁸ To POST CONSUMER BRANDS, LLC Award 123J1419C2339
5. Jan 9, 2026$3.7M from Agricultural Marketing Service: Food commodities.⁹ To POST CONSUMER BRANDS, LLC Award 123J1426F0487

Links

• Websitewww.postconsumerbrands.com¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/PostCereals¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/post_cereals¹
• WikipediaPost Consumer Brands
• WikidataQ7233641