Manischewitz

The Manischewitz Company
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryKosher Foods
FoundedCincinnati, Ohio (1888 (1888))
FounderDov Behr Manischewitz
Headquarters
80 Avenue K, Newark, New Jersey
,
United States[1]
Area served
Nationwide
Products
OwnerKayco Kosher & Beyond - Bayonne, NJ
Websitewww.manischewitz.com

Manischewitz (/ˌmænɪˈʃɛvɪts/; Hebrew: מנישביץ) is a brand of kosher products founded in 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and best known for its matzo and kosher wine. It became a public corporation in 1923 but remained under family control until January 1991,[2] when it was bought out by a private equity firm. On April 7, 2014, Sankaty Advisors, an arm of the private equity firm Bain Capital, bought the company from a group that included the investment firm Harbinger.[3] It is the world's largest Matzo manufacturer, one of America's largest kosher brands, and the first American exporter of matzo.[4]

  1. ^ Verdon, Joan (June 15, 2011). "Manischewitz calls Newark a key ingredient in its growth plan". NorthJersey.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Manischewitz Fined $1 Million for Fixing the Price of Matzah". JTA.org (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). May 21, 1991. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sankaty Advisors, an arm of private equity firm Bain Capital, bought the company from a group that included the investment firm Harbinger". The New York Times. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Cuvier Press Club (1926). Cincinnati, 'the Queen City': Newspaper Reference Book. Cincinnati. p. 109. This concern was the first to export matzos from the United States, and now exports to all civilized countries of the world nearly 1,000,000 pounds annually.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)