type food company traded as pse cnpf industry food processing predecessor century canning corporation 1978 2014 founded 1978 ; 38 years ago 1978 founder ricardo s. po sr. headquarters 7 f centerpoint bldg. do a julia vargas ave. cor . garnet rd. ortigas center pasig city philippines area served philippines products canned tuna canned meat milk coffee creamer coffee condiments processed meat and fish subsidiaries pacific meat company inc. columbus seafoods corporation snow mountain dairy corporation website www.centurypacific.com.ph century pacific food inc. cpfi is a filipino food company based in pasig city philippines . the company was founded as century canning corporation by ricardo s. po sr. in 1978 . it changed its name to century pacific food in 2014 . contents 1 history 2 brands 3 subsidiaries 4 references 5 external links history edit after three years of diligent research and study the company was established in 1978 as century canning corporation ccc as a pioneering tuna canning facility focusing mainly on processing and exporting the abundant supply of tuna in philippine waters . in 1983 century canning corporation had already grown to be one of the largest philippine tuna canneries exporting and shipping hundreds of containers to the united states europe and the rest of the world . in 1986 its flagship product century tuna was introduced . thus began the long and winding journey of education that has resulted in the modest but growing philippine market for canned tuna . in 1995 po decided to apply the discipline cost consciousness and competitiveness of the fish processing industry to the meat processing business and argentina corned beef was introduced with the establishment of the pacific meat company inc. pmci . between 1998 1999 the columbus seafoods corporation was organized to operate the canned sardine business from a newly built factory in zamboanga . in 1999 general tuna corporation was incorporated to continue the canned tuna export business out of a brand new plant in general santos . in 2001 yoshinoya a renowned fast food restaurant chain in japan was introduced in the philippines . and also fully embracing the learnings from the saving grace of diversification the company revived the birch tree brand with the introduction of birch tree full cream powdered milk . in 2003 angel milk is part of the company s foray into the milk business . the brand is under the snow mountain dairy corporation . in 2008 snow mountain is now the second biggest liquid milk company in the philippines and continues to diversify into new and growing food categories like 3 in1 coffee kaffe de oro brand coffee creamer angel and sinigang tamarind soup mix home pride . in 2009 with the success of the century gourmet bangus fillet the frozen line from century quality brand was introduced and also in line with cpg s common purpose to nourish and delight everyone everyday everywhere pmci launched its entry into the fresh processed meats category last november 2009 under the argentina and wow brands . in november 2012 the company acquired swift brand from rfm corporation . 1 in 2014 the company was reorganized as century pacific food inc. cpfi for its canned businesses . brands edit 555 angel argentina birch tree blue bay century quality century tuna fresca home pride kaffe de oro lucky 7 proteus shanghai swift wow subsidiaries edit pacific meat company inc. columbus seafoods corporation snow mountain dairy corporation century international china company limited references edit austria jennifer november 12 2012 . century pacific group acquires swift from rfm corp. . fudash.com . retrieved september 9 2014 . external links edit official website companies portal food portal philippines portal this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title century pacific food & oldid 743965397 categories food company stubscompanies listed on the philippine stock exchangefood and drink companies of the philippinescompanies based in pasigcompanies established in 1978sausage companiesmeat packing industryhidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 08 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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