Pineridge Group
Pineridge Group is a dynamic and innovative organization dedicated to helping Canadian consumer goods companies - and related U.S. companies - realize their full potential in the North American market.
Three Partners
Pineridge was established in 2004 by three partners:
- Swander Pace Capital, a leading North American private equity group specializing in food and consumer goods,
- Roynat Capital, the merchant banking division of Scotiabank, and
- Roger Dickhout, Pineridge CEO and former CEO of Canada Bread and partner of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
With the expansion of its portfolio beyond food manufacturing and into the broader consumer products segment in 2010, Pineridge Foods became Pineridge Group.
Track Record
Since its inception Pineridge has acquired seven companies with combined sales of close to $500 million and over 1500 employees. In late 2010 Pineridge and its partners sold the companies in their dairy and natural foods platform - Liberté Brand Products and Liberté Natural Foods. As the owner of Liberté for over six years, Pineridge demonstrated its ability to manage and build strong, rapidly growing companies and to create value for all stakeholders. Our baking and household cleaners companies have strong track records of growth in sales and profitability.
We are continuing to add to our portfolio of innovative, customer-driven consumer goods companies that are market leaders in Canada and North America. We believe that our decentralized structure and the key philosophies that define the way we do business make Pineridge an ideal partner for the best and most exciting companies in the consumer goods sector.
Key Philosophies
- Align with customers to drive growth
- Innovate
- Operate in a decentralized, entrepreneurial and accountable structure
- Act with speed and demonstrate a relentless drive for improved performance
- Create a high performance, collaborative and caring culture
- Do well by doing good