Ken's Foods

Ken's Foods is a privately held food manufacturing company located in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Ken's primary products are salad dressings, sauces, and marinades. The company's commercial food manufacturing divisions produce products both for retail sale and food service, including contract manufacturing for companies such as Newman's Own.

Operations

Ken's is the number three manufacturer of salad dressings in the United States behind Kraft Foods and Wish-Bone. Besides its headquarters in Marlborough, the company employs over 600 people in facilities located in McDonough, Georgia, and Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] The company's commercial foods division provides the majority of business, generating about $100 million in sales during 2001. Its retail sales of the company's bottled products reached almost $88 million in 2002.[1]

Ken's Steak House on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts

History

The brand takes its name after Ken's Steak House, a Framingham, Massachusetts, restaurant founded by Ken and Florence Hanna in 1941. As the restaurant grew, locals began to request that the Hannas bottle their dressings for sale. In 1958 the Hannas licensed the company's name to a family friend and the manufacturing company was then founded.[2]

In 2005, they bought the Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce company for $30 million.[3]

References
  1. Frumpkin, Paul (2002-05-20). "Ken's Steak House, Ken's Foods embroiled in trademark lawsuit". Nation's Restaurant News. Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  2. "Ken's Heritage". Ken's Foods. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "What You Need To Know Before Buying Sweet Baby Rays Again" on YouTube


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