Though it’s been manufacturing private label snacks for giant retailers like Walmart (Great Value) and Walgreens (Nice!) for years, Minneapolis-based Flagstone Foods has generally kept a low profile. That looks to be changing under the leadership of Harry Overly, who became CEO in 2022. On his watch, the company last spring acquired Emerald Nuts, its first independently branded snack line. “As we’ve acquired a more consumer-facing business with Emerald, we’ll now be more public and more visible than we ever have been before,” says Overly, who previously served as CEO of Sun-Maid. “The team’s pretty excited about that here.”

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