Herold’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.
Supermarketers.comIsabelle's Kitchen manufactures premium quality salads, sides, and dips for wholesale, foodservice, and retail industries using commissary-style production to ensure freshness. Salad Bar Tenders distributes salad bar products and develops customized programs for supermarkets.HARLEYSVILLE, PA
Sandridge Crafted FoodsFounded by Vincent R. Sandridge in 1960, Sandridge Crafted Foods is a third-generation, family-owned and operated food manufacturer that began with deli meats and expanded into fresh salads and broader prepared-food production. The Medina, Ohio company describes more than 60 years of developing and manufacturing complete meal solutions, and now operates multiple production locations across Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.MEDINA, 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
Packer Avenue FoodsFounded in 1997 by Rob Rubin and John Pelusi after careers in profit-driven salad companies, Packer Avenue Foods makes hand-prepared deli salads and dips from its South Philadelphia facility. The company began in the former Abbotts dairy building and focuses on traditional recipes made from scratch rather than chasing the biggest range or trendiest products. Its facility is USDA, FDA, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture inspected and HACCP compliant.PHILADELPHIA, PA