Fairmount Food Group, LLCFFG home page (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.
Companies , the portfolio of companies (all of them being specialty and deli-style cheese companies) which continue to operate under their own identities include: DCI Cheese Company (acquired April 2005), (sold 2011) Green Bay Cheese Company (acq. February 2006), G&G Foods (acq. June 2006), Swissrose International (acq. August 2006) Advantage Foods (Advantage International Foods Corporation, acquired from ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska in September 2007News – Advantage International Foods Corporation). Other acquisitions include Carter/Meister LLC (a supplier for DCI CheeseDCI Cheese Company | Our Story ). These acquisitions have made Fairmount Food Group one of the largest importers and marketers of specialty and deli-style cheese in the United States."Industry News" , Gourmet Retailer Magazine, December 01, 2007
See also List of dairy product companies in the United States
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