Hearthside Food Solutions LLC has acquired the assets of Weston Foods Ambient Division including six North American locations producing cookies, crackers, wafers and other baked products, according to a recent news release.
“These new locations are an ideal complement to our existing Hearthside bakery business, expanding our capabilities and scope of service for our premier customers,” Cade Culver, chief commercial officer of Hearthside Foods, said in a statement.
The newly acquired plants are in North Sioux City, South Dakota; Front Royal, Virginia; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Somerset, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; and Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Hearthside, based in Downers Grove, Illinois, has production capabilities in 15 states and provinces in the United States and Canada, as well as Europe.
“These new facilities possess a culture of quality and performance that aligns well with our customer-focused, people-first approach to business,” Chuck Metzger, CEO of Hearthside Foods, said in a statement. “This will enable a successful and timely integration with our core business.”
Hearthside is "a leading contract manufacturer and producer of baked foods, snacks, nutrition bars, frozen, refrigerated, and fresh sandwiches/entrees and a full-service provider of food packaging services for many of the world’s premier brands," the release stated.
The six new locations will provide additional capacity and "an expanded ability to meet the needs of existing and new customers," the company said.