date:Oct 28, 2013
in eight U.S. states for the world's premier food companies, employing more than 7,500 full-time workers, according to its website.
The Downers Grove, Illinois-based company was created in 2009 by Wind Point and former Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products President and ConAgra Foods Inc veteran Rich Scalise, who now serves as Hearthside's chairman and chief executive.
Hearthside started with four manufacturing plants and just over 2,000 employees but grew quickly through acquisitions. Last May it wa