It became one of the largest employers in Aarhus until the 2000s when the grain business was bought by a number of competitors, led by Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab, and renamed Treka.

On this background 12 merchants in eastern Jutland merged their businesses to form Korn- og Foderstof Kompagniet (English: The Grain- and Feed-stuff Company) or KfK on 2 June 1896.

The founding members were some of the wealthiest and prominent businessmen in the region and counted among them Hans Broge, Otto Mønsted and Harboe Meulengracht from Aarhus and Johan Ankerstjerne from Randers.

Until 1968 individual branches acted as independent entities for their local areas while the main office in Aarhus coordinated imports of press cakes and the international business.

In 2002 KfK was put up for sale and a consortium of 8 companies headed by Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG) bought all activities related to agriculture.