# Fieldbrook Farms

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{{Infobox company
| name             = Fieldbrook Foods Corporation
| trade_name       = Fieldbrook Farms
| logo             = Fieldbrook Farms 1.gif
| type             = Private corporation
| genre            =
| foundation       = 1914
| founder          = William J. Wells
| location         = 1 Ice Cream Drive<br>[Dunkirk, NY](/source/Dunkirk%2C_New_York) 14048<br>[United States](/source/United_States)
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| key_people       = Robin Galloway, CEO
| industry         = Food
| products         = Ice cream, frozen desserts
| services         = Private label
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| parent           = [Wells Enterprises](/source/Wells_Enterprises)
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| homepage         = {{url|fieldbrookfoods.com}}
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'''Fieldbrook Farms''' is the trade name of '''Fieldbrook Foods Corporation''', a $100 million manufacturer of [private label](/source/private_label) [ice cream](/source/ice_cream) and frozen desserts based out of [Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6530474
|quote=Fieldbrook Foods Inc. ... is based in Dunkirk, NY 14048
|title=Fieldbrook Foods Inc.: Private Company Information|website=[Bloomberg News](/source/Bloomberg_News)
|date=31 July 2023
}}</ref>  In April 2019, Fieldbrook was acquired by [Wells Enterprises](/source/Wells_Enterprises), the third largest ice cream manufacturer in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wells Enterprises acquires Fieldbrook Foods |url=https://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/93546-wells-enterprises-acquires-fieldbrook-foods |accessdate=20 April 2019 |publisher=Dairy Foods}}</ref>

Fieldbrook produces more than 1,500 varieties of packaged frozen desserts, ice cream and novelties. These products include, ice cream, [frozen yogurt](/source/frozen_yogurt), [sherbet](/source/Sorbet) & [sorbet](/source/sorbet), sandwiches, IC/Fudge Bars, Ice Pops, juice & fruit bars, cones, cups and sorbet bars.

==History==
===Dunkirk Ice Cream===
The company was founded by William J. Wells in 1914 under the name '''Dunkirk Ice Cream'''. It was family-owned and operated for four generations until 1996.<ref name=bfb>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Hartley |title=Private label producer finds favor in the freezer |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2000/06/05/story5.html |work=Business First of Buffalo |date=2000-06-02 }}</ref>

===Fieldbrook Farms===
A group of investors led by [James J. Greco](/source/James_J._Greco) purchased Dunkirk Ice Cream's assets and renamed the company Fieldbrook Farms Inc. in mid-1996, sparking a rapid increase in the company's sales, doubling revenues to $100 million, and expanding the company' employee count to over 500 people.<ref name="icr1">{{cite news|title=New name, new owners for Fieldbrook Farms|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+name,+new+owners+for+Fieldbrook+Farms.-a084376645|accessdate=August 26, 2016|work=Ice Cream Reporter |via=The Free Library|date=March 20, 2002}}</ref> [The early 2000s economic recession](/source/Early_2000s_recession), coupled with a skyrocketing in the cost of ingredients, caused the company to close its Georgia plant and, in September 2001, to file for bankruptcy.  Spruce Bank Enterprises, LLC, a private investment fund and food giant [Suiza Foods Corp.](/source/Dean_Foods) bid for the company with Spruce Bank having the winning bid. In March 2002, the company was renamed Fieldbrook Foods Corporation while continuing to operate as Fieldbrook Farms.<ref name="icr1">{{cite news|title=New name, new owners for Fieldbrook Farms|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+name,+new+owners+for+Fieldbrook+Farms.-a084376645|accessdate=August 26, 2016|work=Ice Cream Reporter |via=The Free Library|date=March 20, 2002}}</ref>

In December 2010, Fieldbrook Foods agreed to be acquired by Arbor Investments.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mitchell|first1=Dan|title=Deal frenzy in aisle 4|url=http://fortune.com/2010/12/16/deal-frenzy-in-aisle-4/|accessdate=August 26, 2016|work=Fortune|date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>  Arbor exited its investment in April 2019, having grown revenues at Fieldbrook nearly 70% during its holding period.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arbor exits Fieldbrook Foods |url=https://www.pehub.com/2019/04/arbor-exits-fieldbrook-foods/# |accessdate=20 April 2019 |publisher=PEHub.com}}</ref>  Fieldbrook Farms was acquired by [Wells Enterprises](/source/Wells_Enterprises), maker of Blue Bunny ice cream and the third-largest ice cream manufacturer in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wells Enterprises Announces Acquisition of Fieldbrook Foods |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190416005125/en/Wells-Enterprises-Announces-Acquisition-Fieldbrook-Foods |website=BusinessWire.com |date=16 April 2019 |publisher=BusinessWire |accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{url|fieldbrookfoods.com}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120913073356/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6530474 BusinessWeek profile]

Category:Companies based in New York (state)
Category:Ice cream brands

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