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McKee Foods Corporation
Business Summary
Privately-held McKee Foods Corporation is one of the leading players in the food processing industry with popular brands such as “Little Debbie” and “Sunbelt”. Founded in 1934, the company offers a wide variety of products such as ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, granola, crème-filled cookies, crackers, and snack bars. Under the Little Debbie brand, McKee produces 160 varieties of snack packs including the top-selling Swiss cake rolls, nutty bars, and oatmeal crème pies. The company is headquartered at Collegedale, Tennessee with manufacturing facilities located in Gentry, Arkansas, and Stuarts Draft, Virginia.
Overview & Corporate Organization
Basic Information
| Year Founded: | 1934 |
| Formerly Named: | Jack's Cookie Company McKee Baking Company |
| Fiscal Year End: | 12/31 |
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| City: | Collegedale |
| State/Province: | Tennessee |
| Country: | United States |
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| Website: | www.mckeefoods.com |
Corporate Organization
| Subsidiaries: | Blue Planet Foods, Inc. McKee Foods Transportation, LLC |
| Brands: | Little Debbie Sunbelt Heartland Fieldstone Bakery |
| Founders: | Ruth McKee O.D. McKee |
Industry Information
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| Manufacturing & Industrial > Food & Beverages Manufacturing > Snack Foods Manufacturing |
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Competitors & Comparables
Competitors
| Hostess Brands, Inc. |
| Tasty Baking Company |
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| * | McKee Foods Corporation fiscal year end: 12/31 |
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Mergers & Acquisitions
| Date | Status | Target | Buyer | Deal Type | Price | |
| Details | Mar. 2013 | Completed | View1 | View | Acquisition Asset Sale Sec 363 Bankruptcy Sale | View |
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Detailed Business Description: McKee Foods Corporation
McKee Foods is best known for its line of Little Debbie snack cakes, America’s leading snack cake brand in unit sales. McKee Foods offers more than 160 varieties of Little Debbie multipack and single-serve snacks, including seasonal products. Its products are sold in all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and U.S. military commissaries overseas. The company also produces 29 different multipack and single-serve snacks and granola cereals under the brand name Sunbelt. These products are often found in the many fine retailers that carry Little Debbie brand products. Recently the company introduced Fieldstone, a brand of cookies, breakfast pastries and other snacks targeted to meet the needs of the foodservice industry.
1930s: The Foundation of McKee Foods during the Great Depression
During the difficult period of the Great Depression in 1934, a young couple from North Carolina, O.D. and Ruth McKee purchased a cookie shop and transformed it into a 5-cent cake bakery -… Continue Reading →
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