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Fairmount Food Group, LLC (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.

Companies

As of 2007, the portfolio of companies (all of them being specialty and deli-style cheese companies) which continue to operate under their own identities include:

  • 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)
  • Advantage Foods (Advantage International Foods Corporation, acquired from ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska 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.

See also

References

  1. FFG home page Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "GTCR Provides $200 Million Equity Commitment to Start Fairmount Food Group, LLC", Business Wire, May 8, 2003
  3. "FFG portfolio". Archived from the original on 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2008-01-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ News – Advantage International Foods Corporation
  6. DCI Cheese Company | Our Story Archived 2008-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Industry News" Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Gourmet Retailer Magazine, December 01, 2007
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