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AdvancePierre, Johnsonville Sausage team up

January 30, 2012  |  AdvancePierre Johnsville Sausage West Chester Ohio

West Chester-based AdvancePierre Foods, Inc. will become the exclusive foodservice distributor of Johnsonville Sausage, under an alliance announced by the two companies.

This partnership will make AdvancePierre Foods, a leading supplier of value-added meat products and hand held convenience
items, the exclusive foodservice distributor of Johnsonville Sausage. This new relationship will bring the Johnsonville sausage brand to foodservice customers nationwide.

"This partnership is bringing together two businesses that share a passion for producing delicious, high-quality food products," said Bill Toler, CEO of AdvancePierre Foods. "As our company continues to grow, we look forward to enhancing our product portfolio and bringing our customers the best-tasting, most satisfying products on the market."

The partnerships will make Johnsonville sausage available to more foodservice customers, including restaurants, colleges
and stadiums across the country by June.

With sales last year of $1.5 billion, AdvancePierre is the largest privately held company on the Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100 list. It produces convenience sandwiches and prepares fully-cooked chicken, beef, pork and other products at plants in six states.