Fairmount Food Group
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Fairmount Food Group, LLC is a company in food industry
established in 2003 by Bing Graffunder (CEO) and Sam Hillin (CFO), with initial $200 mln. in equity financing from GTCR Golder Rauner. The purpose of the company is to acquire growth companies in the industry. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas
, USA.
, the portfolio of companies (all of them being specialty and deli-style cheese
companies) which continue to operate under their own identities includes:
Other acquisitions include Carter/Meister LLC (a supplier for DCI Cheese). These acquisitions have made Fairmount Food Group one of the largest importers and marketers of specialty and deli-style cheese in the United States.
Food industry
The food production is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population...
established in 2003 by Bing Graffunder (CEO) and Sam Hillin (CFO), with initial $200 mln. in equity financing from GTCR Golder Rauner. The purpose of the company is to acquire growth companies in the industry. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, USA.
, the portfolio of companies (all of them being specialty and deli-style cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
companies) which continue to operate under their own identities includes:
- DCI Cheese CompanyDCI Cheese CompanyDCI Cheese Company is a United States food industry company specializing in cheese, headquartered in Richfield, Wisconsin...
(acquired April 2005), - Green Bay Cheese Company (acq. February 2006),
- G&G Foods (acq. June 2006),
- Swissrose International (acq. August 2006)
- Advantage Foods (Advantage International Foods Corporation, acquired from ConAgra, Omaha, NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaOmaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
in September 2007).
Other acquisitions include Carter/Meister LLC (a supplier for DCI Cheese). These acquisitions have made Fairmount Food Group one of the largest importers and marketers of specialty and deli-style cheese in the United States.