Founded as Lakeview Farms in 1988, Novus Foods is an Ohio-based manufacturer of refrigerated dips, desserts and specialty foods sold through familiar grocery brands nationwide. Renamed in 2025, the company builds on that experience with a shared focus on simple ingredients, bold flavor and food made for the fridge rather than the shelf.
Bob Evans FarmsBorn from Bob Evans’ search for better sausage in 1948, Bob Evans Farms grew from a small Gallipolis, Ohio, restaurant into a national food manufacturer rooted in its farmstead beginnings. Today, the New Albany company prepares refrigerated dinner sides and breakfast foods for grocery shoppers nationwide, with its Lima plant producing more than 100 million pounds of potato and pasta products each year.COLUMBUS, OH
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
Ascot Valley FoodsAscot Valley Foods grew from Bunny “B” Sauerkraut Balls & Ice Company, founded by JT Salem in 1964, into the Cuyahoga Falls food manufacturer it is today. Renamed in 2015 after operating as Or Derv Foods, the company now works with brands to develop and produce frozen foods, emphasizing hands-on collaboration and a “better for you” approach. Its HACCP-certified facility and SQF Excellent Rating reflect the food-safety systems behind that work.CUYAHOGA FALLS, 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