Hearthside Foods completes Greencore US acquisition, adding 13 locations to their manufacturing network

Hearthside Food Solutions (“Hearthside”) has announced the completion of the acquisition of Greencore US, the US unit of Greencore Group plc, an Ireland-based public company. Greencore US operations include 13 locations, with 3,000 employees, and 2017 revenues of over $1.4 billion.

This acquisition adds frozen breakfast foods, refrigerated snack kits, salad kits, and fresh-made sandwiches and entrees to Hearthside's capabilities.

This transaction marks a significant step in the further growth and development of Hearthside as a leading contract manufacturer, expanding the Hearthside production network to 38 locations, 10,000 employees and $3 billion in revenue.

“We continue to position Hearthside as a full-service contract manufacturing provider in key, high-growth categories, enabling our customers to maximize their go-to-market strategies, leverage innovation, increase speed-to-market and optimize efficiencies,” said Rich Scalise, Hearthside chairman and CEO.

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