# SugarCreek

> SugarCreek is a family-owned Ohio food manufacturer that develops, cooks, slices and packages protein products for retailers, restaurant operators, convenience stores and private-label brands. Founded as a raw-bacon producer in 1966, it has expanded into fully cooked bacon, sous vide meats, deli products, oven-cooked proteins and prepared meals, pairing industrial scale with product development, flexible packaging and food-safety systems.

- **Founded:** 1966
- **Headquarters:** Blue Ash, United States
- **Founders:** John S. Richardson (Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 1,525 employees as of March 2026 according to Revelio Labs; company and acquisition materials have reported higher counts when including the broader group.
- **Products:** Raw and fully cooked bacon, Large-scale sous vide proteins, Oven-cooked proteins, Deli meats and sliced lunch meat, Prepared meal solutions
- **Notable:** Grew from a raw-bacon producer to more than $1 billion in annual sales by 2022., Built a network of six major U.S. manufacturing facilities and opened a Blue Ash corporate campus in 2021., Introduced large-scale sous vide production in 2015.

## Products & services

- **Raw and fully cooked bacon** — Customized pork bacon, all-natural bacon, fully cooked strips, bacon bits and bacon oil support retail, foodservice and industrial specifications.
- **Large-scale sous vide proteins** — Vacuum-cooked chicken, pork, beef and other proteins designed for tenderness, yield, consistency and simplified final preparation.
- **Oven-cooked proteins** — Meatballs, sausage patties, beef burgers and other center-of-plate products made with microwave, impingement, infrared and multipurpose oven systems.
- **Deli meats and sliced lunch meat** — Cooked and sliced deli products added as the company broadened beyond bacon and center-of-plate proteins.
- **Prepared meal solutions** — Ready-to-heat meals and components, including MicVac preparation technology introduced in 2024.
- **Product development and co-manufacturing** — Culinary development, pilot-plant testing, process engineering, private-label production and customer-specific formulations.
- **Flexible packaging** — Vacuum, gas-flushed, form-fill, overwrap and paperboard formats ranging from 1.4-ounce retail pouches to 35-pound industrial packs.
- **Batter in Bag** — A patented sous vide process that pre-cooks battered protein, reduces raw handling and can shorten a restaurant's final fry from eight minutes to about 90 seconds.

## Achievements

- Grew from a raw-bacon producer to more than $1 billion in annual sales by 2022.
- Built a network of six major U.S. manufacturing facilities and opened a Blue Ash corporate campus in 2021.
- Introduced large-scale sous vide production in 2015.
- Acquired 100% of Italian charcuterie producer Veroni S.p.A. in 2023; terms were not disclosed.
- Won U.S. Department of Energy Better Plants recognition for reducing energy intensity.
- Earned three Meat Institute Environmental Achievement awards, including third place for emissions reduction at the Frontenac, Kansas plant in 2024.
- Reported a 23.64% reduction in energy intensity since 2016 while targeting 25% by 2029.
- Reported recovering 37 million gallons of bacon grease and diverting more than 34,000 tons of material to energy.
- John Richardson was inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame's class of 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — SugarCreek launched a redesigned corporate website positioning the company around large-scale protein innovation, five principal capability groups and retail, foodservice, convenience-store and industrial customers.
- **2025-05** — Ronald Bree joined as executive vice president of sales and business development strategy, bringing four decades of meat-industry experience.
- **2024-06** — Daniel Hammer became president with responsibility spanning sales, marketing, customer service, new business development, culinary, product development and international business.
- **2024** — SugarCreek introduced MicVac prepared-meal technology and received a Meat Institute environmental award for emissions reduction at its Frontenac facility.
- **2023-06** — SugarCreek acquired 100% of Veroni S.p.A., adding more than 600 Italian cured-meat and charcuterie products to the wider group; financial terms were not disclosed.

## Links

- Website: https://sugarcreek.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sugar-creek-packing-co-/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sugarcreek
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sugarcreekfood/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sugarcreekfoods/

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Last updated: 2026-08-12