Fairmount Food Group Explained

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

, 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

• List of dairy product companies in the United States

Notes and References

1. http://www.fairmountfood.com FFG home page
2. 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"
3. Web site: FFG portfolio . 2008-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070301161600/http://www.fairmountfood.com/news.htm . 2007-03-01 . dead .
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106182959/http://www.fairmountfood.com/news/news-swiss-rose.pdf . 2007-01-06 .
5. http://www.advantagefoods.com/news.cfm?id=28 News – Advantage International Foods Corporation
6. http://www.dcicheeseco.com/Scripts/pageView.asp?idPage=15 DCI Cheese Company | Our Story
7. http://www.gourmetretailer.com/gourmetretailer/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003680096 "Industry News"