Sandpoint, Idaho - June 21, 2010 - Litehouse, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Green Garden Foods, a leading Seattle, Washington based provider of dressings, sauces, and dips to the United States and Canadian Retail Grocery, Food Service and Restaurant Industries.

 

With the addition of Green Garden, Litehouse will be able to facilitate expanded growth and innovation through new production capabilities and product knowledge. Litehouse will make use of the expanded production capabilities through consolidation into its Sandpoint, Idaho and Lowell, Michigan facilities. 

Litehouse and Green Garden will work together to provide quality dressings, outstanding customer service, continued strong product development and custom formulas throughout the United States and Canada. 

About Green Garden Foods:

Green Garden has for over 70 years been providing fine quality food products while employing fine tuned manufacturing processes that create, package, and distribute quality salad dressings, sauces, dips, salsa and mayonnaise. A qualified research & development team and quality assurance team, has allowed Green Garden to produce an extensive line of food products for clients of custom formulas and flexible packaging options. For many years Green Garden has guided clients through the product development process while providing time sensitivity unusual to the industry. 

About Litehouse Foods:

Litehouse is a leading innovator, manufacturer and distributor of Refrigerated Salad Dressings, Dips, Sauces, Cheese, Herbs and Beverages for the Produce and Perishables industry and is currently the #2 Brand of Refrigerated Dressings in the United States and Canada.  Litehouse is also a leading manufacturer and innovator to the “Value Added” industry, partnering with fresh cut vegetable, salad and fruit companies, who specialize in consumer “value added” products delivered throughout the perishables industry. In addition, Litehouse distributes multiple lines of products to the “Food Service” industry and the “Club Store” channel. Litehouse dressing products are manufactured with Heart Healthy Canola Oil, No MSG, No Preservatives and are Made Fresh. 

Litehouse is a privately held, employee owned company. For More Information contact: 

Jim Frank, President Litehouse Inc. or Paul Kusche, VP Marketing & Innovations.

(800)-669-3169

(208) 263-7569