Land O'Lakes $25M Donation, announcement tomorrow per Strib

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GoldMedalCounty said:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/273662841.html
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An allotted $21,037,500 million will be directed to building a 60,000-square-foot Center for Excellence in the new athletics village, provide support for student-athlete activities in the new facility, and will support various athletic sponsorship and events.
This the first big step in fulfilling the master plan that athletics director Norwood Teague unveiled more than a year ago. Fundraising details had been in a “silent phase” until Wednesday’s announcement.
This is the largest commitment ever made collectively by Land O’Lakes and its foundation and one of the largest single corporate commitments ever made to the university. The pledge is largely philanthropic, but includes an element of sponsorship. Land O’Lakes will receive naming rights to the Center for Excellence.

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Damn proud that a great local company like Land O'Lakes stepped up to the plate and gave a s**tload of money to get this thing started. $30 million is a very significant contribution that we as fans of Gopher athletics should be very thankful for.
 

Like it, Land O'Lakes products it is the next time I'm at the grocery store.


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No tailgate party should be without at least one or two company products. Butter, chocolate milk, cheese, and ice cream are a few of my favorites.

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MNGoldenGophers1 said:
No tailgate party should be without at least one or two company products. Butter, chocolate milk, cheese, and ice cream are a few of my favorites.

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I drown my Butterball Turkey in a s#@tload of butter in serving trays. Same with the mashed potatoes.

It always has been Land O' Lakes Butter. From now on, I will be buying milk & cream from them.
 

Fortune 500 Companies

station19 said:
TARGET....YOU'RE ON DECK
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Minnesota companies that made the 2013 list—along with their rankings, annual revenue, and position on last year’s list—are:

• 14: UnitedHealth Group, Inc., $122.5 billion (17th last year)
• 36: Target Corporation, $72.6 billion (36th last year)
• 60: Best Buy Company, Inc., $45.2 billion (61st last year)
• 62: CHS, Inc., $44.5 billion (69th last year)
• 94: Supervalu, Inc., $34.3 billion (86th last year)
• 101: 3M Company, $30.9 billion (101st last year)
• 140: U.S. Bancorp, $21.1 billion (132nd last year)
• 159: General Mills, Inc., $17.8 billion (169th last year)
• 173: Medtronic, Inc., $16.6 billion (172nd last year)
• 199: Land O’ Lakes, Inc., $14.7 billion (194th last year)
• 213: Ecolab, Inc., $13.3 billion (229th last year)
• 220: C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., $12.8 billion (237th last year)
• 249: Ameriprise Financial, Inc., $11.2 billion (263rd last year)
• 257: Xcel Energy, Inc. $10.9 billion (266th last year)
• 283: The Mosaic Company, $10 billion (246th last year)
• 311: Hormel Foods Corporation, $8.8 billion (319th last year)
• 335: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, $8.1 billion (325th last year)
• 462: St. Jude Medical, Inc., $5.5 billion (457th last year)

I believe Cargill is a private company? Their recent revenues of 137 billion would put them number one on the list.
Carlson Co.'s at 37 billion is another. Holiday at 4 billion and Securian at 3.5 billion.

Might as well call out a few more...

Very much appreciate Land O' Lakes and always buy their butter and usually their milk...changing that to always too!
Thank you to them for great products and vision. Excellent beginning!
 





Is Kellogg a MSP company? Or do they just have a large head quarters there?

Nevermind, Battle Creek Michigan. I remember now sending in for prizes back in the day!
 

60's Guy said:
Minnesota companies that made the 2013 list—along with their rankings, annual revenue, and position on last year’s list—are:

• 14: UnitedHealth Group, Inc., $122.5 billion (17th last year)
• 36: Target Corporation, $72.6 billion (36th last year)
• 60: Best Buy Company, Inc., $45.2 billion (61st last year)
• 62: CHS, Inc., $44.5 billion (69th last year)
• 94: Supervalu, Inc., $34.3 billion (86th last year)
• 101: 3M Company, $30.9 billion (101st last year)
• 140: U.S. Bancorp, $21.1 billion (132nd last year)
• 159: General Mills, Inc., $17.8 billion (169th last year)
• 173: Medtronic, Inc., $16.6 billion (172nd last year)
• 199: Land O’ Lakes, Inc., $14.7 billion (194th last year)
• 213: Ecolab, Inc., $13.3 billion (229th last year)
• 220: C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., $12.8 billion (237th last year)
• 249: Ameriprise Financial, Inc., $11.2 billion (263rd last year)
• 257: Xcel Energy, Inc. $10.9 billion (266th last year)
• 283: The Mosaic Company, $10 billion (246th last year)
• 311: Hormel Foods Corporation, $8.8 billion (319th last year)
• 335: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, $8.1 billion (325th last year)
• 462: St. Jude Medical, Inc., $5.5 billion (457th last year)

I believe Cargill is a private company? Their recent revenues of 137 billion would put them number one on the list.
Carlson Co.'s at 37 billion is another. Holiday at 4 billion and Securian at 3.5 billion.

Might as well call out a few more...

Very much appreciate Land O' Lakes and always buy their butter and usually their milk...changing that to always too!
Thank you to them for great products and vision. Excellent beginning!
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Awesome but where does Target and Land O Lakes rank?
 

Schwan's would be another private company with huge sales.
 

4four4 said:
Awesome but where does Target and Land O Lakes rank?
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60's Guy said:
Minnesota companies that made the 2013 list—along with their rankings, annual revenue, and position on last year’s list—are:

• 14: UnitedHealth Group, Inc., $122.5 billion (17th last year)
• 36: Target Corporation, $72.6 billion (36th last year)
• 60: Best Buy Company, Inc., $45.2 billion (61st last year)
• 62: CHS, Inc., $44.5 billion (69th last year)
• 94: Supervalu, Inc., $34.3 billion (86th last year)
• 101: 3M Company, $30.9 billion (101st last year)
• 140: U.S. Bancorp, $21.1 billion (132nd last year)
• 159: General Mills, Inc., $17.8 billion (169th last year)
• 173: Medtronic, Inc., $16.6 billion (172nd last year)
• 199: Land O’ Lakes, Inc., $14.7 billion (194th last year)
• 213: Ecolab, Inc., $13.3 billion (229th last year)
• 220: C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., $12.8 billion (237th last year)
• 249: Ameriprise Financial, Inc., $11.2 billion (263rd last year)
• 257: Xcel Energy, Inc. $10.9 billion (266th last year)
• 283: The Mosaic Company, $10 billion (246th last year)
• 311: Hormel Foods Corporation, $8.8 billion (319th last year)
• 335: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, $8.1 billion (325th last year)
• 462: St. Jude Medical, Inc., $5.5 billion (457th last year)
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???
 

Davisco huge private company out of Le Sueuer should be added to the list.
 




Having a food company sponsor (among other items) your training table -- including sponsoring university research on food -- that's gotta be a nice deal for recruits. Go to Oregone and you'll get new Nike shoes, go the U of M and you get new shoes (I like our Nike deal) plus you're gonna get the best food anywhere.
 

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45north said:
Having a food company sponsor (among other items) your training table -- including sponsoring university research on food -- that's gotta be a nice deal for recruits. Go to Oregone and you'll get new Nike shoes, go the U of M and you get new shoes (I like our Nike deal) plus you're gonna get the best food anywhere.
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I love my gophers but I would much rather have these:

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than these:

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Ski U Master said:
Considering they already sponsor two sports facilities I would bet they aren't interested.
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They did give $2m to TCF Stadium, but would guess this would be a tougher sell since it's not as high profile.
 



WindyCityGopher said:
Yeah, but these didn't just give us $25 million:

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These did:

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Make no mistake, the donation from LOL is amazing and something that I definitely appreciate. I was merely saying that to a recruit the benefits of Oregon's relationship with Nike would mean a lot more to me than the benefits of our relationship with LOL. Admittedly, my feelings would be swayed by the fact that I am a sneakerhead (can't tell you how much I've spent on shoes or "kicks" if you will over the past couple of years but many young kids are also really into sneakers.
 

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