THE FOUNDERS STORY

Re-branded June 1, 2018

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About Founders

FAMILY-OWNED COMPANY INVESTING ITS OWN CAPITAL

Founders is a family-owned company that invests its own capital and applies operating know-how to build a group of thriving food businesses and exceptional partnerships we can all be proud of.

LONG HISTORY & AFFILIATIONS

Our partners combine deep operating knowledge with over 30 years’ experience making control investments in over 80 private companies. We have a track record of transacting with speed and price certainty as a group of highly experienced partners investing our own capital.

BUILDING A FAMILY OF THRIVING FOOD BUSINESSES AND EXCEPTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

We are building a family of related food businesses in mature, stable food segments, including:

Specialty Protein (Purewater Foods)
Confectionary / Edible Gifts (Ganache Gourmet)
Prepared, Ready-to-Eat Foods (Freshstone Kitchen)
Other food industry sub-sectors (New Platform Acquisitions)

COMPANY STORYBOARD

Download our company storyboard for a snapshot overview of our business and to see how our group of companies is organized.

COMPANY HISTORY

Download our company timeline for a snapshot overview of who we are and to see how our group of companies has evolved over time.

THE SWALLOW

Learn more about the Swallow.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

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Investment Scope

Solely focused on food businesses, along with related real estate investments.
Geographic focus across Canada and Midwest / Western US, extending to Eastern US within existing business segments.
Acquisitions of new businesses from $15 to $75 million in Enterprise Value; no size limitation for add-on acquisitions to existing businesses
Preference for mature and durable businesses that are cash-flow generative, and include manufacturing assets.
Opportunity to leverage Founders’ operating know-how to create value over the long term.
Opportunity for the business platform to create a bigger future.
Opportunity to create mutual benefit among the Founders Group of Food Companies.

"Founders is a family-owned company that invests its own capital and applies operating know-how to build a group of thriving food businesses and exceptional partnerships we can all be proud of."

Our Businesses

Purewater Foods is building a family of related specialty seafood and meat businesses

Ganache Gourmet is building a family of related gifted confections companies

Freshstone Kitchen is building a family of related prepared foods businesses

New Business Platforms

Founders is actively seeking to add new food business platforms.

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Industriousness and humility.

Resilience and experience.

Renewal, safe return, good luck and happiness.

Working With Us

PARTNERSHIP ALIGNMENT

We ensure alignment of interests across all stakeholders, including transparent ownership rights and structures.

REFINE STRATEGY & BUILD ORGANIZATION CAPABILITY

We partner with companies in creating a strategic road-map with a focus on an inspiring company vision as well as a focus on value creation through building Organization Capability.

LEADERSHIP SUPPORT

We engage as an active Chairman and Board, creating freedom within a framework.

VALUES-DRIVEN MINDSET

We have a values-driven mindset and culture.

Our core mindsets and behaviors include: 'Love of Food', 'Always Improving', 'Be Ambitious', 'Freedom within a Framework', 'Stakeholder-oriented', 'People Matter', 'Build Organization Capability' and 'Winning with Customers & Consumers'.

INVEST, BUILD, AND HOLD

We are business builders (vs. investors), with an explicit intention to own our group of companies indefinitely.