Hearthside Food Solutions
| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rich Scalise |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Darlene Nicosia Chief Executive Officer[1] |
| Products | contract manufacturing, including bars, baked goods, fresh and frozen entrees, and food packaging |
| Owners | Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group[2] |
| Website | www |
Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC is an American manufacturer of food products which has been implicated in workplace safety violations and the use of immigrant child labor.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
On May 28, 2013, Post Holdings purchased the branded and private label cereal, granola and snacks business of Hearthside Food Solutions, which included the Golden Temple, Peace Cereal, Sweet Home Farm and Willamette Valley Granola Company brands, originally Yogi Bhajan's Sikh Dharma International's Golden Temple of Oregon's cereal division.[10] Post combined this business with Attune Foods.
In 2014, Hearthside was acquired by Goldman Sachs Group and Vestar Capital Partners.[11] In 2018, Goldman Sachs sold its interest in Hearthside to Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group.[2][12]
In 2021, Hearthside acquired from Weston Foods, a unit of George Weston Limited, six North American locations that produce cookies, crackers, cones, wafers and related baked products.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hearthside Food Solutions names Darlene Nicosia CEO". Hearthside Foods. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ a b "Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group to acquire Hearthside Food Solutions". www.partnersgroup.com (Press release). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Dreier, Hannah (2023-03-03). "Searching for the Faces of Migrant Child Labor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Salisbury, Danielle | (2023-02-27). "Food processor exposed for illegally employing minors in Grand Rapids, says its reviewing practices". mlive. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Coyne, Andy (2023-02-28). "US snacks firm Hearthside Food Solutions implicated in US child labour probe". Just Food. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "hearthside-food-solutions | Violation Tracker". violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "US Department of Labor finds Hearthside Food Solutions violates federal safety procedures for 20th time in 5 years". US Department of Labor (Press release). Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "Flour power: Grand Rapids area gains reputation as snack food center". Crain's Detroit Business. 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "Report on child labor reverberates in West Michigan". Crain's Detroit Business. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "Post Holdings Acquires Organic and Natural Cereal, Granola and Snacks Business of Hearthside Food Solutions". Post Holdings, Inc. May 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ^ "Private equity-backed food processor Hearthside acquired by Goldman". Crain's Detroit Business. 2014-03-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Goldman Sachs arm mulls sale of suburban snack company". Crain's Chicago Business. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "Hearthside Foods Completes Weston Foods Ambient Division Asset Acquisition". Hearthside Foods. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-04.