Industry Foods Founder Richard Ransom Number of employees 500 | Website hickoryfarms.com Founded 1951 Type of business Private | |
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Area served United States, Canada, Puerto Rico Products summer sausages, cheeses, gift baskets Headquarters Toledo, Ohio, United States CEO Diane M. Pearse (21 Mar 2016–) Profiles | ||
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Hickory Farms, LLC. is an American specialty foods company based in Toledo, Ohio. The company was established in 1951 when founder Richard Ransom began selling hand cut cheese at local fairs. By 1959, the company added summer sausage and opened their first retail store outside Toledo, Ohio. Today they specialize in food gift boxes and baskets of summer sausage, cheese, fruit, nuts, and sweets. Its owner is Modjule, LLC, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and its private co-investors.
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Once composed of more than 550 shopping mall-based kiosks in the United States and Canada, the company now does multichannel marketing, offering their products year round at club stores, mass merchandisers, and supermarkets, as well as through catalogs and their website. During the holiday season, they operate shopping mall kiosks as well.
In 2008, the company redesigned its packaging, logo and retails kiosks. The company also entered into a partnership with Share Our Strength, a national organization whose goal is to raise funds and awareness to end childhood hunger in America.