Lancaster Colony to acquire a sauce and dressing production facility in Atlanta from Winland Food for $75m.

Lancaster Colony, a manufacturer and marketer of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice markets, agreed to acquire a sauce and dressing production facility in Atlanta from Winland Food, a manufacturer of private label and branded foods for retail and co-pack customers, for $75m. “We are very pleased to have reached an agreement to acquire this production facility as an important strategic addition to our manufacturing network. This facility will benefit our core sauce and dressing operations through improved operational efficiency, incremental capacity, and closer proximity to certain core customers while enhancing our manufacturing network from a business continuity standpoint. We evaluated several scenarios to support our continued growth and determined this asset purchase to be the most practical and cost-effective solution for our long-term business needs. We look forward to welcoming the plant employees to the Marzetti team," David A. Ciesinski, Lancaster Colony CEO.