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Hickory Farms

Type	private
Founded	1951
Founder(s)	Richard Ransom
Headquarters	Maumee, Ohio, USA
Area served	United States, Canada, Puerto Rico
Industry	Retail
Products	summer sausages, cheeses, gift baskets
Employees	500
Website	http://www.hickoryfarms.com

Hickory Farms is an American specialty foods company based in Maumee, Ohio.^[1] The company was established in 1951 when founder Richard Ransom began selling hand cut cheese at local fairs. By 1959, the company added summer sausage and opened their first retail store outside Toledo, Ohio. Today they specialize in food gift boxes and baskets comprising summer sausage, cheese, fruit, nuts, and sweets.^[2]

A Hickory Farms food tray

Once composed of more than 550 shopping mall-based stores in the United States and Canada, the company now does multichannel marketing, offering their products year round at club stores, mass merchandisers, and supermarkets, as well as through catalogs and their website. During the holiday season, they operate shopping mall kiosks as well.^[3]

In 2008, the company redesigned its packaging, logo and retails kiosks.^[4] The company also entered into a partnership with Share Our Strength, a national organization whose goal is to raise funds and awareness to end childhood hunger in America. ^[5]

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• Hickory Farms
• Hickory Farms Canada