The firm was first for all of 1988, with a 14.4 percent share.
In return, they get a 50 percent share and management control.
In return they will get a 14.26 percent share of the company.
And of the five states, Florida had a 44 percent share.
But the 10 biggest food companies have a market share of about 20 percent.
It had a 1.7 percent share in the period last year.
That was actually less than the 1.9 percent share in the same period the year before.
Combined, these companies have less than a 3 percent share of the market.
At stake is a 51.1 percent share in the company, which has a market value of about $2.73 billion.
By 1988, with a nine percent share of the market, the California plant was at full production.