100-Year-Old Ballreich’s Snack Food Company Gets JobsOhio Small Business Grant

Company Name: Ballreich Snack Food Company
Industry Sector: Food and Agribusiness
Company Profile: Ballreich’s Potato Chips is a snack foods company that was started in 1920 by Fred and Ethel Ballreich. Today, its products include the classic “marcelled” chips in a variety of flavors, pretzels, popcorn, tortilla chips and potato sticks which are distributed to customers throughout Ohio, lower Michigan, and eastern Indiana.
Company website: www.ballreich.com

Project Summary:

JobsOhio program: JobsOhio Small Business Grant

• About program: The JobsOhio Small Business Grant provides financial support for eligible projects in designated distressed communities and/or for businesses owned by underrepresented populations across the state.
• Support amount: $25,000

Type of Project: Expansion

Location:

• Location: Tiffin
• Region: Northwest Ohio

Jobs:

• Retained: 75

Capital Investment: $175,000

About the project:

Ballreich Snack Food Company will purchase new machinery with assistance from a JobsOhio Small Business Grant that will allow it to continue to expand the 100-year-old business.

Funding use:

The JobsOhio Small Business Grant will support Ballreich’s investment of $175,000 over the next year, which includes $100,000 in machinery and equipment costs and $75,000 in building costs.

Collaborators:

JobsOhio, the Regional Growth Partnership, and the Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership