Fairmount Food Group

Fairmount Food Group

Fairmount Food Group, LLC [ [http://www.fairmountfood.com FFG home page] ] 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. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_May_8/ai_101429720 "GTCR Provides $200 Million Equity Commitment to Start Fairmount Food Group, LLC"] , "Business Wire", May 8, 2003] It is headquartere in Dallas, Texas, USA.

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 includes: [ [http://www.fairmountfood.com/news.htm# FFG portfolio] ]
*DCI Cheese Company (acquired April 2005),
*Green Bay Cheese Company (acq. February 2006),
*G&G Foods (acq. June 2006),
*Swissrose Interational (acq. August 2006 [http://www.fairmountfood.com/news/news-swiss-rose.pdf] )
*Advantage Foods (Advantage International Foods Corporation, acquired from ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska in September 2007 [http://www.advantagefoods.com/news.cfm?id=28 News - Advantage International Foods Corporation ] ] ). Other acquisitions include Carter/Meister LLC (a supplier for DCI Cheese [ [http://www.dcicheeseco.com/Scripts/pageView.asp?idPage=15 DCI Cheese Company | Our Story ] ] ). These acquisitions have made Fairmount Food Group one of the largest importers and marketers of specialty and deli-style cheese in the United States. [ [http://www.gourmetretailer.com/gourmetretailer/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003680096 "Industry News"] , "Gourmet Retailer Magazine", December 01, 2007 ]

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