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Mount Franklin Foods acquires ARRO Food Processing, ARRO Ingredients

Acquisition expands Mount Franklin’s presence in the foodservice industry.

March 16, 2020

Mount Franklin Foods, LLC has acquired, through its affiliate, the assets and book of business from ARRO Food Processing Division, based in Hodgkins, Ill., and ARRO Ingredients Division, headquartered in Chicago.

Mount Franklin Foods appoints president and CEO

July 5, 2019

Mount Franklin Foods, a manufacturer of branded and private label confectionery, nuts, snacks and foodservice products, has announced the appointment of Enrique Grajeda as president and CEO of the company effective July 1st, 2019.

Mount Franklin Foods names CFO Enrique Grajeda as president, ceo

Grajeda succeeds Gary Ricco, who is retiring after eight years with the company.

June 28, 2019

Mount Franklin Foods has named Chief Financial Officer Enrique Grajeda as president and ceo, effective July 1.

Mount Franklin Foods to open gummy plant in Mexico

220,000-sq.-ft. facility to become operational in May 2020, bring 450 jobs.

February 11, 2019

Mount Franklin Foods, a leading manufacturer of branded, contract and private label confectionery, nuts, snacks and foodservice products, has begun construction on a 22,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the art manufacturing facility in San Jeronimo, Mexico.

Brewhouse Legends snack mixes

Alyse Thompson

November 9, 2018

Mount Franklin Foods has debuted Brewhouse Legends, a line of distinctive snack nut mixes inspired by the innovation of craft-brewers.

Mount Franklin Foods pub-inspired snack nut mixes

October 17, 2018

Mount Franklin Foods, a manufacturer of high-quality confections, mints, nut products and nutritional gummies, has announced the debut of Brewhouse Legends

Consumers continuing to reach for 'clean' candy

Better-for-you confections continue to gain popularity as consumers seek to indulge in good conscience.

Alyse Thompson

September 24, 2018

Though more consumers are pursuing a healthy lifestyle, it won’t stop them from seeking indulgences that meet their needs, whether they’re based on health or ethical concerns.

Mount Franklin Foods acquires Hospitality Mints

Production of Hospitality Mints to remain in Boone, N.C.

Crystal Lindell

September 4, 2018

Mount Franklin Foods, LLC — the parent company of Sunrise Confections, Azar Nut Company and Mount Franklin Nutritionals — has acquired North Carolina-based Hospitality Mints, LLC for an undisclosed sum.

Mount Franklin adds organic, branded and functional products to its mix

Bernie Pacyniak

July 11, 2018

Known as a private-label and contract manufacturer of candies and nuts, Mount Franklin Foods has decided to complement its manufacturing capabilities and prowess with the introduction of its own brands.

Mount Franklin Nutritionals targets $2.7-billion nutraceuticals industry

$10-million Sumter, S.C. plant designed to produce 11 million gummies daily for private-label, co-manufacturing customers.

Bernie Pacyniak

November 29, 2017

Mount Franklin Nutritionals, a manufacturer of gummy nutritional supplements, organic gummies and fruit snacks and a subsidiary of El Paso, Texas-based Mount Franklin Foods, says its new 100,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Sumter, S.C., is primed to serve the “rapidly growing,” $2.7-billion nutraceuticals industry.