Hometown Food Acquires Pillsbury Shelf-Stable Baking Business
Deal includes Hungry Jack® Brand and other assets from The J.M. Smucker Company
Hometown Food Company, a wholly-owned portfolio company of Brynwood Partners VII L.P. and Brynwood Partners VIII L.P.,announced that it has closed the transaction to acquire a portfolio of brands from The J.M. Smucker Company for approximately $375 million. Hometown Foods will be headquartered in Chicago, and will operate its 650,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio.
The portfolio of acquired brands includes the exclusive US rights to the Pillsbury® branded shelf-stable baking and dessert products and use of the iconic Pillsbury Doughboy in these categories. Also included in the company's portfolio is the Funfetti®, Hungry Jack®, White Lily®, Jim Dandy® and Martha White® brands.
Hometown Foods is also pleased to announce that it has hired Daniel Butler as its President and CEO. Most recently, Mr. Butler was President and CEO of Wilton Brands, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Butler worked at Kraft Foods Inc. for 17 years where he held senior level sales, marketing and general management positions. In addition to Mr. Butler, the company has hired Tim Young, David Meltzer and Dan Anglemyer who are joining Hometown Foods as its CFO, EVP of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer, respectively. Most recently, Mr. Young was with Treehouse Foods, Inc., Mr. Meltzer was with Richelieu Foods, Inc. and Mr. Anglemyer was with Back to Nature Foods Company, LLC.
The company, which ultimately expects to employ approximately 50 people in its Chicago-based headquarters, has also come to agreement with several other talented senior level executives and continues to seek to aggressively build out its team.