Fairmount Food Group

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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]

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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: [3]

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]

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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. 1 2 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