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Custom Made Meals Buys Hearthside Food Solutions’ Jacksonville, Fla., Facility

April 4, 2024

The processing plant manufactures refrigerated kits, raw proteins, ready-to-cook and ready-to-heat meals, and gives Custom Made Meals a boost in those product segments.

Andy Hanacek

The Jacksonville, Fla., ready-to-cook and ready-to-heat manufacturing assets of Hearthside Food Solutions have been acquired by Custom Made Meals LLC (CMM), a processor of fresh, oven-ready entrees, appetizers and sides.

Hearthside Jacksonville was built in 2005 and manufactures refrigerated kits, raw proteins, ready-to-cook and ready-to-heat meals for grocery chains and foodservice distributors across the eastern U.S. Through the expansion, CMM’s regional footprint will expand, and its distribution efficiency is expected to improve as well. It also adds key processing capabilities in wraps, sandwiches, value-added seafood and ready-to-heat categories.

CMM is headquartered in Denver, Colo., and owned by Stellex Capital Management. Hearthside Food Solutions is a contract manufacturer and producer of baked foods, snacks, nutrition bars, frozen, refrigerated and fresh sandwiches/entrees, based in Downers Grove, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.