Tate & Lyle will maintain 50% ownership of Primient and the remaining 50% will be owned by KPS Capital Partners (including board and management control).

[1][2] On May 23, 2024, Tate & Lyle announced that it has agreed to sell its remaining interest of Primient to KPS Capital Partners for $350 million in cash.

[3] Augustus Eugene "Gene" Staley (25 February 1867 – 26 December 1940)[4] founded a business of repacking and selling cornstarch under his own Cream brand in Baltimore in 1898.

[7] A. E. Staley became one of the largest processors of corn in the United States, second only to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), also based in Decatur, Illinois.

[8] A. E. Staley also produced many famous food and household brands including Cream Corn Starch, Staley Pancake and Waffle Syrup, Sta-Puf fabric softener, Sta-Flo liquid starch and Sno Bol toilet bowl cleaner.

[11] Prior to the purchase, Tate & Lyle announced that it planned to sell CFS Continental to SYSCO, another wholesale grocer, for $700 million to help fund the acquisition.

Tate & Lyle will maintain 50% ownership of Primient and the remaining 50% will be owned by KPS Capital Partners (including board and management control).

[1][2] On May 23, 2024, Tate & Lyle announced that it has agreed to sell its remaining interest of Primient to KPS Capital Partners for $350 million in cash.

During the next three years, the union was forced to make concessions as management was concerned about the plant remaining viable.

After London based Tate & Lyle purchased A. E. Staley in 1988, conditions got worse for the factory workers.

This list included "smoking outside of designated areas; loafing; dishonesty; sleeping on duty; insubordination; refusal to work overtime as directed; unauthorized possession of a camera; and use of abusive or threatening language."

The goal of the work to rule campaign was to show management that the factory could not be run without the knowledge and skills of the workers.

Representatives from the Allied Industrial Workers of America, claimed that there were no reports of any employees being reprimanded for sabotage, going back nine months since the lockout.

[15] The lockout turned into a national labor movement when union workers from two other Decatur-based companies, Caterpillar Inc. and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, walked out on contract disputes in August 1994 and joined lockout workers from A. E. Staley in protests, picketing and public demonstrations.

[18] Gene Staley was a big sports fan, believing it helped build character and instill a sense of competition in his employees.

[21] Halas agreed on the conditions that he may sign and invite his former teammates to play and work for the company, which Chamberlain accepted.

When the APFA contacted Staley, he responded that the move to Chicago also included Halas inheriting full ownership of the team.

The Bears reserved 1,000 seats for company employees and allowed only them to purchase game tickets from September 3–10, while Wabash Railroad designated a special train from Dearborn Station to the stadium.

Staley threatened to close his plant and move it to Peoria, Illinois if the Decatur City Council refused to allow the construction of the artificial lake.