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Shearers Foods Inc

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Snack manufacturer Shearer’s employs approximately 900 associates in nine locations including four manufacturing plants (OH, TX) and five distribution facilities.

Shearer's Foods offers a range of branded and private label snack foods including a complete line of potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese curls/puffs, peanuts, popcorn, corn chips and other snacks, which are distributed throughout the Midwest, New England and parts of Canada. Shearer’s has received numerous honors and awards from industry associations and customers.

Shearer's Foods was established in 1974. In January 2008, Shearer's Foods was acquired by private equity firm Mistral Equity Partners.

In 2010 Shearer's Foods acquired the Snack Alliance.

in October 2012, Shearer's foods was acquired by private equity investment company Wind Point Partners.

In 2022 Shearer's stopped producing Shearer's branded potato chips and increased their focus on private label products.

Shearer’s has plant locations in the following cities:

  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Newport, Arkansas
  • Burlington, Iowa
  • Perham, Minnesota
  • Brewster, Ohio
  • Massillon, Ohio
  • Hermiston, Oregon
  • Waterford, Pennsylvania
  • Fort Worth, Texas
  • Lubbock, Texas
  • Bristol, Virginia
  • Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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News for this Company

CD&R to Acquire Shearer's Foods from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
December 18, 2023

CD&R to Acquire Shearer's Foods from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board

Clayton Dubilier & Rice has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for funds it manages to acquire Shearer's Foods
Employees laid off after fire guts Oregon potato chip plant
March 17, 2022

All employees laid off after fire guts Oregon potato chip plant

Two weeks after a fire severely damaged a plant that produced chips and salty snacks in northeast Oregon the company says it will lay off all of the site’s employees.
Boiler explosion guts Hermiston potato chip plant
February 28, 2022

Boiler explosion guts Hermiston potato chip plant

One of the area’s largest manufacturers is gone, after a boiler explosion at Shearer’s Foods plant south of Hermiston sparked a dramatic fire Tuesday afternoon.
Shearer's Foods stops making its branded chips to focus on private label business
February 20, 2022

Shearer's Foods stops making its branded chips to focus on private label business

Larry Zvara has been a fan of Shearer's potato chips for years, and the Akron resident is pretty bummed about the product disappearing from his grocery store's shelves.