date:Aug 09, 2013
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has acquired Associated Brands GP Corp., Mississauga, Ont., for C$187 million ($180 million) in cash from the private equity firm TorQuest Partners. Associated Brands is a manufacturer of private label dry packaged drink mixes, specialty tea, hot chocolate, dessert mixes, soups, side dishes, sweeteners and oatmeal.
Associated Brands has three manufacturing facilities in Delta, B.C.; Medina, N.Y.; and Toronto. The company employs 650 and has annual sales of approximately $2