Fairmount Food Group

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Fairmount Food Group, LLC[1] (FFG) is a food industrial company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Established in 2003 by Bing Graffunder (CEO) and Sam Hillin (CFO), the company began with an initial $200 million in equity financing from GTCR Golder Rauner with the purpose of buying out growth companies in the industry.[2]

Companies

As of 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the portfolio of companies (all of them being specialty and deli-style cheese companies) which continue to operate under their own identities include:[3]

  • DCI Cheese Company (acquired April 2005), (sold 2011)
  • Green Bay Cheese Company (acq. February 2006),
  • G&G Foods (acq. June 2006),
  • Swissrose International (acq. August 2006[4])
  • Advantage Foods (Advantage International Foods Corporation, acquired from ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska in September 2007[5]).

Other acquisitions include Carter/Meister LLC[5] (a supplier for DCI Cheese[6]). These acquisitions have made Fairmount Food Group one of the largest importers and marketers of specialty and deli-style cheese in the United States.[7]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ FFG home page Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  2. ↑ "GTCR Provides $200 Million Equity Commitment to Start Fairmount Food Group, LLC", Business Wire, May 8, 2003
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  5. ↑ a b News – Advantage International Foods Corporation
  6. ↑ DCI Cheese Company | Our Story Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  7. ↑ "Industry News" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Gourmet Retailer Magazine, December 01, 2007

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