Arlington Valley Farms is a family-centric, team-based food manufacturer in Hudson, Ohio, known for making frozen handheld foods through scratch cooking and artisanal baking. Its individually wrapped products are made for convenient meals at home or in food-service settings, using premium ingredients and a close connection to farms and ingredient sources.
Bob Evans FarmsFrom a 1948 sausage shop in southeastern Ohio, Bob Evans Farms has grown into a Columbus-area food manufacturer and distributor of refrigerated dinner sides and breakfast foods sold nationwide. The company began when Bob and Jewell Evans made sausage for their small restaurant, and that farmstead start still shapes its best-known mashed potatoes and sausage. Today, Bob Evans Farms operates production facilities in Ohio, Michigan, Texas and Idaho as a division of Post Holdings.NEW ALBANY, OH
Lake Erie Frozen Foods CoSince 1961, Lake Erie Frozen Foods has made frozen appetizers for restaurant and retail food customers, with breaded and battered specialties produced at its Ashland, Ohio facility. The 20,000-square-foot operation includes 10,000 square feet of USDA-inspected production space and can produce about 20,000 pounds per shift. Its products reach more than 250 distributors across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and the company also develops custom-coated and custom-packed appetizers for restaurant chains.ASHLAND, OH
Cassie's Country CupboardCassie Menchhofer started Cassie’s Country Cupboard in 2011, and today she runs the business with her husband, Curt, from their licensed facility on a rural Ohio homestead. The couple hand-pack meal starters for families seeking a healthier shortcut to homemade cooking, with products now sold through retailers and gift baskets across the United States. Their family test is simple: if Cassie would not serve a recipe at home, it does not go in the cupboard.CELINA, OH
Yee MamaCincinnati-based Yee Mama makes handmade frozen wontons and the sauces served with them, bringing flavors associated with Hong Kong to the region’s markets and kitchens. The company’s wontons are sold through retailers across Ohio and Northern Kentucky, with cooking instructions built around boiling or steaming them at home. Yee Mama also supplies stores wholesale and offers next-day delivery through Findlay Market’s delivery program.CINCINNATI, OH