Founded in 2015, Cleveland-based Eagle Family Foods Group builds a modern food company around heritage brands, making familiar foods such as sweetened condensed milk, popcorn and convenient meal solutions. Its portfolio traces back more than 150 years, from Eagle Brand and PET Milk to newer additions including Popcorn Indiana, G.H. Cretors, Helper and Suddenly Salad. The company combines a young, entrepreneurial organization with brands rooted in generations of family cooking.
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Al's Delicious PopcornFamily-owned since 1985, Al’s Delicious Popcorn is an Ohio popcorn maker known for hand-crafted batches and more than 80 flavors. Its Columbus flagship, where the business began, develops new recipes and welcomes groups for free tours that include a look at the kitchen and a tasting.COLUMBUS, OH
Homestat Farm, LtdHomestat Farm, Ltd. keeps long-running American hot-cereal brands in production, with Maypo, Wheatena and Maltex manufactured at its Highspire, Pennsylvania facility. The Dublin, Ohio company acquired these brands and the Highspire operation in 2001, and has since been owned by family-owned Camden Holdings, which purchased Homestat Farm in 2014. Its portfolio also includes G. Washington’s Seasoning and Broth, while its cereal business carries forward the heritage of brands dating to the 19th century.DUBLIN, OH
Herold’s SaladsHerold’s Salads is a family food manufacturer founded in Cleveland in the mid-1920s by Fred and Della Herold, originally making corn meal mush before developing salads for local grocers and delicatessens. The family business later expanded into retail-container and bulk production, and now makes premium salads and homemade desserts for grocers, delicatessens, and restaurants. The company says it offers custom manufacturing for wholesalers, distributors, and retailers.CLEVELAND, OH
Big Dipper Food Company, IncFounded in 2005 from a family peanut-brittle recipe, Youngstown’s Big Dipper Food Company makes small-batch, hand-stirred brittle and brittle popcorn products. The family-owned company also produces partner brands through co-manufacturing, co-packing and wholesale services, using a facility certified under Safe Quality Foods Institute guidelines. Its Cayten’s brand earned the 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo award for Most Innovative New Product.WARREN, OH