Pulmuone

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Pulmuone Co., Ltd. (Korean: 풀무원) (KRX: 017810) is a South Korean company that produces perishable foods such as tofu and soybean sprouts. It was founded in 1981, is based in Seoul, South Korea and sells its products both within Korea as well as internationally. The company provided major funding for the establishment of the Kimchi Field Museum in Seoul in 1986.[1]

The company sells products under the brand names Pulmuone, Chan-ma-ru, Saeng-ga-deuck, and Soga. In addition to soybean products, it also sells fresh noodles, dumplings, eggs, kimchi, mushrooms, laver, pastes and sauces, desserts, frozen foods, soups, and juices.

The company was founded by Won Kyung Sun as a small vegetable store. There is a subsidiary in the United States, called Pulmuone Wildwood, Inc., with offices in Fullerton, California, Watsonville, California, San Rafael, California, Grinnell, Iowa, and Tappan, New York.

Pulmuone truck drivers went on strike on September 4, 2015, in protest over frozen wages, unsafe working conditions, and attempts to revoke unionization rights. [2]

In 2016, the company acquired Vitasoy, which included Nasoya Foods, Inc. Nasoya was founded in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1977 and produces Nayonaise.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 풀무원 김치박물관에 오신 것을 환영합니다
  2. ↑ KPTU Solidarity for KPTU-TruckSol Drivers’ Strike in South Korea: Pulmuone – ‘Wholesome Foods’ hide Unwholesome Deeds; Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières; 1 October 2015.]
  3. ↑ Shurtleff, WHistory of Soymilk and Other Non-Dairy Milks (1226-2013)...", by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi; Soyinfo Center; 2009, p. 1838.


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