Richelieu Foods

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Richelieu Foods
Type Private
Industry Private Label foods
Headquarters Randolph, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key people Robbie Jamieson, President
Products Food
Owner(s) Centerview Partners
Employees 675 (2012)
Website Richelieu Foods

Richelieu Foods is a private label food manufacturing company, headquartered in Randolph, Massachusetts, and owned by investment group Centerview Partners LLC.

The company—which produces frozen pizza, salad dressing, sauces, marinades, condiments and salsa to other companies as their store brand or private label.

The company's own brands include Chef Antonio, Raveena's, Grocer's Garden, and Caterer's Collection.

With approximately 675 employees[1] Richelieu Foods operates four manufacturing facilities in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Washington Court House, Ohio, Grundy Center, Iowa and Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

History

By 1956, the company operated as Western Dressing Inc.[2] and made only salad dressing until 1988,[2] when it was sold to an investment group, Brynwood Partners of Greenwich, Connecticut, which was itself founded in 1984[3] and owns such other brands as Stella D'oro, Turtles[4] and Balance Bar.[5]

In 1994, Richelieu focused on the contract packing and private label areas.[2] The Western Dressing brand was sold and eventually acquired by Unilever with Richelieu Foods packing the dressing until Unilever took it in-house eight years later, marketing it under the Wish Bone brand.[2]

In 2006, the company was named Pizza Manufacturer of the Year by Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery magazine.[6]

In 2008, the company acquired the "Sauces and Dressings" division of Sara Lee along with the Sara Lee manufacturing facility located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.[3] The division manufactures salad dressing, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce for national restaurant and foodservice distribution customers.

In 2010 the company was purchased from Brynwood Partners by Centerview Partners LLC.

See also

References

  1. "There's new appetite for peddlers of cheap eats". Boston Business Journal, Feb 23, 2009, Lisa van der Pool. 23 February 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Richelieu experiences hiring boom, starts expansion". WCFcourier.com, RC Balaban, August 27, 2006. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Richelieu Foods Acquires Sara Lee’s Sauces and Dressings Foodservice Business". Richelieu Foods Press Release, September 2, 2008. 
  4. "Brynwood Partners V L.P. Acquires Turtles(R) Brand From Nestle". PRNewswire, 24 May 2007. 
  5. "Private Equity Firm Buys Balance Bar Brand From Kraft Foods". Soyatech.com, Connecticut Post, December 6, 2009. 
  6. "It Takes Two Working in tandem, Richelieu Foods’ pizza plants in Ohio and Wisconsin are a productivity powerhouse.". Refrigeratedfrozenfood.com. 
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