List of 60 Ohio-based Food Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
J. M. Smucker NYSE : SJM Orrville, Ohio, United States website	Food	8,179	20	12	8
AdvancePierre Foods, Inc. Acquired Tyson Foods 2017-04-25 $4.2B Cincinnati, Ohio, United States website	Food	1,568	6	6	-
BrightPet PE Backed Alvarez & Marsal Capital Partners 2020-09-25 Lisbon, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	5	5	-
Lancaster Colony NASDAQ : LANC Westerville, Ohio, United States website	Food	1,872	8	5	3
Lakeview Farms Private Delphos, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	5	5	-
Eagle Foods PE Backed Kelso 2015-11-02 Orrville, Ohio, United States website	Food	200	3	3	-
Shearer’s Foods PE Backed CD&R 2023-12-13 Massillon, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	3	3	-
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Acquired Post Holdings 2017-09-19 $1.5B New Albany, Ohio, United States website	Food	1,349	4	2	2
The Mennel Milling Company Private Fostoria, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	2	2	-
Main Street Gourmet Acquired Sweetmore Bakeries 2019-09-19 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	2	2	-
Thriving Brands PE Backed Trive Capital 2021-06-01 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	1	1	-
BEF Foods, Inc. Private Columbus, Ohio, United States	Food	-	1	1	-
Country Pure Foods PE Backed Blue Point Capital Partners 2019-12-27 Akron, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	1	1	-
Nestlé Prepared Foods Co., Inc. Private Cleveland, Ohio, United States	Food	-	2	1	1
T. Marzetti Co., LLC Private Columbus, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	1	1	-
United Dairy, Inc. Private Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States website	Food	-	1	1	-

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