Richelieu Foods is an American
private label
A private label, also called a private brand or private-label brand, is a brand owned by a company, offered by that company alongside and competing with brands from other businesses. A private-label brand is almost always offered exclusively by th ...
food manufacturing company founded in 1862 and headquartered in
Wheeling, Illinois. It was previously owned by investment group
Brynwood Partners and owned by investment group Centerview Partners LLC from 2010 to December 2017, when it was sold to Parsippany, New Jersey–based Freiberger USA Inc., a subsidiary of the German
Südzucker AG.
The company produces frozen pizza.
Previously, it also produced salad dressing, sauces, marinades, and condiments to be marketed by other companies as their
store brand
A private label, also called a private brand or private-label brand, is a brand owned by a company, offered by that company alongside and competing with brands from other businesses. A private-label brand is almost always offered exclusively by th ...
or
white label brand. Richelieu Foods
manufactures over 100 million frozen pizzas
and more than 25 million finished crusts annually,
reporting more than $500 million in yearly sales.
Companies with private label items from Richelieu include
Hy-Vee,
Aldi,
Save-A-Lot,
Sam's Club
Sam's West, Inc. (doing business as Sam's Club) is a chain of membership-only warehouse club retail stores in the United States owned by Walmart. It was founded in 1983 and named after Walmart founder Sam Walton as Sam's Wholesale Club. , Sam's ...
,
,
(Earth's Pride brand) and
Shaw's Supermarkets (Culinary Circle brand).
The company's own brands have included Chef Antonio, Raveena's, Pizza Presto!, Grocer's Garden, Caterer's Collection, Oak Park, and Willow Farms.
With approximately 1,000 employees,
Richelieu Foods operates two manufacturing facilities in
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, along Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin), Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River. The population was 16,708 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city primarily located in Dodge Co ...
(pizza) and Wheeling, IL (pizza). The
Washington Court House, Ohio (cold press pizza crusts) location was closed in 2025.
The
Grundy Center, Iowa (sauces and dressings) location was closed in 2023. The
Elk Grove Village, Illinois (sauces and dressings) location was sold in 2024.
According to
Hoover's, Richelieu Foods' average annual revenue per worker is about $900,000.
History
The company was founded in 1862. By 1956, the company operated as Western Dressing Inc. It was sold to an investment group in 1988. The group had the company expand its line of products. In 1994, Richelieu focused on the contract packing and private label areas. The Western Dressing brand was sold and eventually acquired by
Unilever
Unilever PLC () is a British multinational consumer packaged goods company headquartered in London, England. It was founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie with British soap maker Lever B ...
with Richelieu Foods packing the dressing until Unilever took it in-house eight years later, marketing it under the
Wish Bone brand. In 2003, a Connecticut private equity firm, Brynwood Partners, purchased the company.
In 2006, the company was named ''Pizza Manufacturer of the Year'' by ''Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery'' magazine.
On August 30, 2008, the company acquired the "Sauces and Dressings" division of
Sara Lee Foodservice along with the Sara Lee manufacturing facility located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. In 2010, the company was purchased by Centerview Partners, a private equity firm then by Freiberger USA in 2017.
See also
*
List of food companies
*
List of frozen food brands
References
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Pizza in the United States
Companies based in Massachusetts
Food manufacturers of the United States
Frozen pizza brands
Randolph, Massachusetts
Salad dressings
1862 establishments in Massachusetts
Condiment companies of the United States