LightLife
Lightlife Foods is a company that produces vegetarian and vegan meat substitutes. Lightlife was founded in Greenfield, MA in 1979 before relocating to Turner Falls, MA in 1998. It was first founded as Tempeh Works in an old, converted car wash. In the summer of 2000, ConAgra Foods acquired LightLife Foods, which was generating about $25 million in annual revenue at the time. Brynwood Partners acquired the company, which had roughly 90 employees at the time, from ConAgra Foods in September 2013. Maple Leaf Foods bought Lightlife Foods for $140 million and related costs in February 2017.
