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- Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, founded in 1917 and headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, is a leading producer, marketer, and distributor of branded specialty food products through its specialty food manufacturing and premium food distribution segments; its core offerings encompass premium processed meats including natural and cooked proteins from brands such as Harvest Meats, Belmont Meats, Hempler's, Piller's, Grimm's Fine Foods, Freybe, Concord, SJ Fine Foods, Marc Angelo, Obeto, and Isernio's; specialty deli products; meat snacks, meatballs, beef jerky, and halal items; sandwiches, panini, wraps, subs, burgers, entrees, salads, and kettle products; breads, pastas, pizza, baking products; and seafood processing and distribution services supplied to retail chains, independent and specialty retailers, foodservice operators, and other manufacturers across Canada including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as the United States in states such as Washington, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, New Jersey, and Arizona, with select operations extending to Asia and Europe. The company recently completed strategic acquisitions in early 2025, including NSP Quality Meats, Casa Di Bertacchi, and Italia Salami for a total of $66 million to bolster cooked protein and deli meats capacity in the U.S. and dry-cured Italian salami production in Canada; acquired Denmark Sausage in Arizona for $21 million in March 2025 to expand premium sausage manufacturing; executed a sale-leaseback of its expanded Hempler's facility in Washington generating $68 million in proceeds; and maintains a robust acquisitions pipeline while advancing organic growth in protein, sandwich, and bakery initiatives that drove record Q1 2025 sales of $1.68 billion and upwardly revised full-year 2025 guidance to $7.2 billion-$7.4 billion amid investments exceeding $900 million over the prior three years.