Richelieu Foods
Parent Freiberger USA, Inc. | (Südzucker AG) | |
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Richelieu Foods is a
The company—which produces frozen pizza, salad dressing, sauces, marinades, condiments to be marketed by other companies as their
"Odds are good most people have tasted products made at Richelieu Foods... few people know the products... were made by the company."
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, WCFcourier.com, August 2006
Companies with private label items from Richelieu include
With approximately 1,000 employees,[1] Richelieu Foods operates four manufacturing facilities in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (pizza), Wheeling, IL (Pizza)Washington Court House, Ohio (cold press pizza crusts),[3] Grundy Center, Iowa and Elk Grove Village, Illinois (sauces and dressings).
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History
The company was founded in 1862. By 1956, the company operated as Western Dressing Inc. It was sold to an investment group in 1988. The group had the company expand its line of products. In 1994, Richelieu focused on the contract packing and private label areas. The Western Dressing brand was sold and eventually acquired by
In 2006, the company was named Pizza Manufacturer of the Year by Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery magazine.[2] On August 30, 2008, the company acquired the "Sauces and Dressings" division of Sara Lee Foodservice along with the Sara Lee manufacturing facility located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.[5] In 2010, the company was purchased by Centerview Partners, a private equity firm then by Freiberger USA in 2017.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "There's new appetite for peddlers of cheap eats". Boston Business Journal, Feb 23, 2009, Lisa van der Pool. 23 February 2009.
- ^ a b "It Takes Two Working in tandem, Richelieu Foods' pizza plants in Ohio and Wisconsin are a productivity powerhouse". Refrigeratedfrozenfood.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
- ^ a b c Balaban, RC (August 27, 2006). "Richelieu experiences hiring boom, starts expansion". WCFcourier.com.
- ^ a b "Richelieu Foods Inc". Hoovers, Inc.
- ^ Onufrak, Julie (September 3, 2008). "Richelieu Foods gobbles up Sara Lee division - News - The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA - Quincy, MA". Patriot Ledger. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ Schroeder, Eric (November 2, 2017). "Freiberger USA to acquire pizza maker". Food Business News. Sosland Publishing Company. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
