Founded in Columbus in 1987, Classic Delight makes ready-to-eat handheld foods for K-12 school menus, growing from a small sandwich operation into a St. Marys, Ohio, manufacturer with a broad line of hot and cold offerings. Its school-focused brands include the thick-crust Rippers pizza and sealed Stuffwich pockets, and the company also develops co-packed products to customer specifications. Classic Delight was acquired by GS Foods Group in 2021 and merged with Tools for Schools in 2023, adding mozzarella processing under the Classic Delight name.
Snap Gourmet FoodsSnap Gourmet Foods is a USDA-inspected food production facility providing co-manufacturing and packaging of packaged food products, including wrapped sandwiches, pizzas, other hand-held foods, individualized meals, and meal kits. It also provides pre-plating foodservice and full-service catering for schools, preschools, corporate cafeterias, foodbanks, Aging agencies, and offsite events.CLEVELAND, OH
The Marzetti CompanyThe Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty foods, a business that grew from Teresa and Joseph Marzetti’s Italian restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio, in 1896. Its manufacturing heritage includes salad dressings that became popular enough to move from the restaurant into grocery stores, and today the company produces food for both retail and foodservice customers. The company acquired Sister Schubert’s in 2000, whose Luverne, Alabama bakery had expanded to produce more than five million rolls daily.WESTERVILLE, OH
MBC CompaniesMBC Companies is a frozen-food manufacturer and private-label platform producing pizza, French toast sticks and breakfast sandwiches for retail, foodservice and school nutrition programs. Its decades-long customer relationships are backed by production facilities in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Texas, while its Project Foodwise initiative focuses on practical, regulation-ready solutions for school menus. The MBC Willow and MBC Hanford facilities are BRCGS certified to GFSI food-safety standards.GREENBELT, MD
Innovation Food ServicesFounded by chef Thomas Lane as Red’s Catering in 2002, Innovation Food Services now prepares scratch-cooked meals for schools, childcare centers, senior programs and other community settings across Northeast Ohio. The Twinsburg company produces more than 6,000 meals a day, with menus shaped by its executive chef and registered dietitian and ingredients sourced from local partners. Its On-Call Meal Solutions division extends that work to remote and summer learners by shipping fresh meals directly to students’ homes.TWINSBURG, OH