Sargento Foods to acquire string cheese producer Baker Cheese Factory
The acquisition brings Sargento innovation and leadership to Baker’s specialized craftmanship at a time when cheese snacking is seeing high demand.
Sargento Foods said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire St. Cloud, Wis.-based string cheese producer Baker Cheese Factory Inc.
As consumers seek more “on-the-go” options, cheese snacking has become the one of the fastest growing sections of the cheese category and shows no sign of slowing, Plymouth, Wis.-based Sargento Foods said. The acquisition will enable Sargento Foods to better serve consumers by adding to the wide variety of sliced, shredded and snack natural cheese products already offered by the company.