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FACT SHEET Schwan’s Company at a Glance Incredible growth … Unlimited opportunities Schwan’s Company began in 1952 as a “one man and a truck” home-delivery business in Marshall, Minnesota. Marvin Schwan, a young man who along with his parents operated a local dairy that was struggling for survival amid government dairy-price controls, packed ice cream in dry ice, loaded it into a road-weary 1946 Dodge panel van and set out to visit rural customers in southwestern Minnesota. By the end of the day, he had sold all 14 gallons of his ice cream and formulated the business model that would grow his company into a leader in the frozen-food industry. Today, Schwan’s Company is a leading U.S. food marketer, with trusted brands like, Schwan’s ® fine foods, Red Baron ® , Freschetta ® , Big Daddy’s ® , MaMa Rosa’s ® and Tony’s ® pizza, Edwards ® and Mrs. Smith’s ® desserts, and Pagoda ® Asian-style foods. With manufacturing operations in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas, the privately held company markets hundreds of delicious foods primarily in North America. For more information, visit www.schwanscompany.com. Facts about Schwan’s Company and its Subsidiaries The company’s brands and services are brought to customers through the following business units: Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. is the largest direct-to-home provider of frozen food in the United States. The company markets and distributes more than 300 home-style foods to customers under the Schwan’s ® brand. For more information, visit Schwans.com or call 1-888-SCHWANS. Other interesting facts include: • Serves customers in 48 states with 3,600 delivery trucks and 400 locations. • 70 percent of its vehicles run on liquid propane, an approved alternative fuel. Schwan’s Consumer Brands, Inc. markets fine frozen foods in grocery and other retail stores throughout North America. Its leading brands include Red Baron ® , Tony’s ® , MaMa Rosa’s ® , Fight’n Tomato Pizza Co. ® and Freschetta ® pizza, Mrs. Smith’s ® and Edwards ® desserts and Pagoda ® snacks and appetizers. These brands have helped make the company a leader in the frozen-food aisles of retail stores throughout North America. • Ranked No. 2 in the U.S. frozen-pizza market. • Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for frozen pies and Asian snacks and appetizers. • Operates a national direct-store-delivery network with 630 trucks. Schwan’s Food Service, Inc. markets value added frozen-food products to public and private schools, universities, health-care facilities, convenience stores and chain restaurants. With strong brands like Big Daddy’s ® , Tony’s ® , Mrs. Smith’s ® , Minh ® , Villa Prima ® and Beacon Street Café ™ , Schwan’s is taking the lead in providing product innovation to operators who value quality and service. • Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for school pizza, pie and Asian snacks and appetizers. • History dates back to 1975, when the company first began offering pizza to schools. • Drayton Foods, a pizza-dough maker based in Fargo, N.D., became a part of this business unit in 2017. Continued ... TM ®
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FACT SHEETSchwan’s Company at a GlanceIncredible growth … Unlimited opportunitiesSchwan’s Company began in 1952 as a “one man and a truck” home-delivery business in Marshall, Minnesota. Marvin Schwan, a young man who along with his parents operated a local dairy that was struggling for survival amid government dairy-price controls, packed ice cream in dry ice, loaded it into a road-weary 1946 Dodge panel van and set out to visit rural customers in southwestern Minnesota. By the end of the day, he had sold all 14 gallons of his ice cream and formulated the business model that would grow his company into a leader in the frozen-food industry.
Today, Schwan’s Company is a leading U.S. food marketer, with trusted brands like, Schwan’s® fine foods, Red Baron®, Freschetta®, Big Daddy’s®, MaMa Rosa’s® and Tony’s® pizza, Edwards® and Mrs. Smith’s® desserts, and Pagoda® Asian-style foods. With manufacturing operations in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas, the privately held company markets hundreds of delicious foods primarily in North America. For more information, visit www.schwanscompany.com.
Facts about Schwan’s Company and its SubsidiariesThe company’s brands and services are brought to customers through the following business units:
Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. is the largest direct-to-home provider of frozen food in the United States. The company markets and distributes more than 300 home-style foods to customers under the Schwan’s® brand. For more information, visit Schwans.com or call 1-888-SCHWANS. Other interesting facts include: • Serves customers in 48 states with 3,600 delivery trucks and 400 locations. • 70 percent of its vehicles run on liquid propane, an approved alternative fuel.
Schwan’s Consumer Brands, Inc. markets fine frozen foods in grocery and other retail stores throughout North America. Its leading brands include Red Baron®, Tony’s®, MaMa Rosa’s®, Fight’n Tomato Pizza Co.® and Freschetta® pizza, Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® desserts and Pagoda® snacks and appetizers. These brands have helped make the company a leader in the frozen-food aisles of retail stores throughout North America. • Ranked No. 2 in the U.S. frozen-pizza market. • Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for frozen pies and Asian snacks and appetizers. • Operates a national direct-store-delivery network with 630 trucks.
Schwan’s Food Service, Inc. markets value added frozen-food products to public and private schools, universities, health-care facilities, convenience stores and chain restaurants. With strong brands like Big Daddy’s®, Tony’s®, Mrs. Smith’s®, Minh®, Villa Prima® and Beacon Street Café™, Schwan’s is taking the lead in providing product innovation to operators who value quality and service. • Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for school pizza, pie and Asian snacks and appetizers. • History dates back to 1975, when the company first began offering pizza to schools. • Drayton Foods, a pizza-dough maker based in Fargo, N.D., became a part of this business unit in 2017.
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SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. operates more than 50 food-production lines and three major refrigerated distribution centers across the United States. Teams with SFC Global Supply Chain are passionate about bringing delicious, high-quality foods to the tables of millions of American families. • Operations include 16 manufacturing facilities and three major refrigerated warehouses. • Employees have strong expertise in food safety, quality, sourcing, production, maintenance,
engineering, sanitation, warehousing and transportation. • Production facilities from Better Baked Foods and Schwan’s MaMa Rosa’s joined this
subsidiary in 2017.
Schwan’s Strategic Partner Solutions provides production solutions to external business partners who have the need for delicious foods and reliable packaging. The team’s expertise is in product categories such as pizza, ice cream, pies, snacks and appetizers, beverages and smoothies, sauces and aluminum packaging. • The team’s pie-tin plant in Pennsylvania makes more than 330 million pie tins
and lids each year. • It takes more than 4.5 million pounds of acai berries to produce the smoothies
for external customers.
Giving back to our communitiesAt Schwan’s, we have a legacy of maintaining a business culture that supports efforts to make a difference in the communities where we live and work. Charitable giving from Schwan’s and Schwan’s Corporate Giving Foundation focuses on hunger, youth leadership and community. Here are a few recent efforts:
• Since July 2011, the subsidiaries of Schwan’s Company have donated nearly 6.8 million pounds of food and ingredients to Feeding America and its affiliated food banks.
• Since 2000, the company, its employees and the Schwan Corporate Giving Foundation have donated about $4.2 million to local chapters of the United Way.
• Through corporate giving efforts, employees have donated more than $1 million since 1999 to local charities through its Jean Day program. A portion of the donations came from matches from the company and the Schwan’s Corporate Giving Foundation.
• Schwan’s Company sponsors the Schwan’s USA CUP® soccer tournament. The tournament is the largest youth soccer tournament in the western hemisphere. The company also supports three community athletic centers: the Schwan’s Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota; Tony’s® Pizza Events Center in Salina, Kansas; and the Red Baron® Pizza Arena & Expo in Marshall, Minnesota.
• In 2013, Schwan’s Home Service launched a new fundraising program called Schwan’s Cares™. Schwan’s Cares™ is an online fundraising program in which charitable organizations can earn money for their cause. In 2016, the unique program helped more than 3,700 charitable organizations raise more than $975,000. The program eliminates many of the frustrations that come with most traditional money-raising methods by offering delivery as well as handling transactions. For more information about Schwan’s Cares™ fundraising, visit www.schwans-cares.com.
• The company is partnering with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to produce ice cream for select retailers and Schwan’s Home Service. A portion of the proceeds from Jack Nicklaus ice cream benefits the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
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