Hearthside Food Solutions has won the coveted 2019 Food Processor of the Year Award, according to Food Processing Magazine, the foremost information source for food and beverage businesses. Leading food firms are honored for their innovation and operational success each year with the Food Processor of the Year Award. 2019 is the first year that a contract manufacturer has received this honor.
When we first began honoring Processors of the Year back in 2005, this year's honoree didn't exist. The business was founded by private equity firms (as well as a former Big Food executive with a vision) and has no proprietary brands. However, Hearthside Food Solutions, the largest contract manufacturer in the sector, has $3 billion in sales and has 39 facilities, including four in Europe.
Hearthside Food Solutions is primarily a manufacturer, the actual manufacturer of some of the most well-known, prosperous, and premium baked foods in the United States. This Downers Grove, Illinois-based company is trusted with the brands of the top cookie, cracker, and bar marketers. While Hearthside refused to identify its clients.
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