Privately owned and family-run, Hero Group traces its roots to 1886 in Lenzburg, Switzerland, where its headquarters remain today. The company has grown into a global food business with about 4,000 employees across five continents, built around branded nutritional foods and snacks for children and adults. Its fruit heritage remains visible in the careful sourcing and quick processing behind its jams.
Ferrero GroupFerrero Group is a family-owned sweet-packaged food company founded in 1946 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy. It makes confectionery and snacks sold under more than 35 brands in over 170 countries, including Nutella, Kinder and Ferrero Rocher. The company reports more than 50,000 employees and a family culture now in its third generation.NORTH CANTON, OH
Herr Foods IncFounded in 1946, family-owned and operated Herr Foods Inc. makes snack foods and remains headquartered in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. Its history describes growth from a small potato-chip company into a multigenerational business with manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio; the company reports producing more than 340 snack items.PERRYOPOLIS, PA
Unternehmensgruppe Theo MüllerSince Ludwig Müller founded a village dairy in 1896, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller has remained 100 percent family-owned while growing into an international food manufacturer. Today, 35,000 employees work across 21 production sites, with the group exporting to more than 80 countries and covering much of its value chain from packaging through distribution.FORT WASHINGTON, PA
Hanover Foods CorporationFamily-owned since 1924, Hanover Foods Corporation grew from Harry Virgil Warehime’s Hanover Canning Company into a Pennsylvania food manufacturer rooted in relationships with farmers. Today, it preserves that agricultural connection through its work with family farms in the United States and Guatemala while supplying food products for retail, food-service, and industrial customers.CENTRE HALL, PA