Who we are

We are one of the world’s largest privately held food manufacturers. We are the company behind leading foodservice and retail brands. Our international network of food processing businesses helps companies around the world bring products to life.

We connect people, families and communities across the world.

We assist our customers with everything from product innovation to the sourcing of raw materials. Our extensive international infrastructure, enables us to influence the global sourcing, development, production and distribution of everything from fresh produce to culinary innovations.

OSI in Europe is headquartered in Gersthofen, Germany, and organised into 3 regional divisions. OSI’s business continues to grow and evolve. While we remain committed to our traditional protein offerings, farmers and partners, we have expanded our food solutions portfolio to include sauces and plant-based proteins. Our expansion into alternative proteins is another opportunity for us to advance and improve best practices in sustainable agriculture and sustainable protein production, and to meet the demands of a changing market.

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Our OSI History

1909

The company is founded by Otto Kolschowsky as a family-owned meat market and butcher shop in the Chicago area.

1917

Meat market expands to wholesale meat trade and relocates to another Chicago suburb. The Kolschowsky sons join the business.

1928

Business grows into a stable, successful local operation and rebrands to Otto & Sons.

1955

Otto & Sons begins supplying fresh ground beef patties for new quick serve restaurants (QSR).

1973

Otto & Sons builds its first plant in West Chicago which used cryogenic food processing to preserve food through nitrogen freezing.

1977

Company begins operations beyond supplying to QSRs and establishes a separate unit for the new Glenmark brand, which would later be sold in 2011.

1978

OSI begins a decade of international expansion, opening facilities in Germany, Spain, Brazil, Austria and Italy.

1981

As Lavin becomes Chairman and CEO, OSI begins period of significant growth in the early 1980s, through expansion and joint ventures in new countries and other sectors of the food industry.

1987

OSI begins its entry into the Asia Pacific region with joint ventures in Taiwan and the Philippines, and operations in China. China becomes a focus for OSI’s international growth.

1993

Three years of expansion to Hungary, Poland, India and United Kingdom, providing greater depth to OSI’s product line and services.

1996

New U.S. facility opens to produce bacon, sausage, and hot dogs. A beef and pork processing facility in the Ukraine also opens.

2001

OSI spends two years establishing wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOE) and joint venture entities in China, and enters the fresh produce business.

2006

Poultry operations are added through the acquisition of vertically integrated poultry company. Establish beef deboning and slaughter operations in Europe.

2011

A new dry sausage operation opens in the U.S.

2014

Production facilities open to produce salsa, beans, and tofu products in the western U.S. and poultry in China. A Canadian company is also acquired. OSI opens culinary innovation centers in the U.S. and China and a global R&D center in the U.S.

2016

OSI opens a European regional office in Germany and acquires two more companies to expand its European footprint.

Today

OSI Group, LLC is a 100-plus year old, privately held corporation that is a global leader in supplying value-added protein items and other food products to leading foodservice and retail brands.

1909 Today

Our Values

Our core values help drive our approach.

As circumstances change, we grow to meet new challenges.

Our Values

What we offer

We take pride in being able to deliver what our customers are looking for.

In addition to a wide range of products, we always look forward to delivering custom food products for the worlds leading foodservice and retail food brands.

Our Capabilities

Our approach to sustainability

We truly believe that acting as a responsible business – one which is fully committed to ensure that our sustainability priorities are taken into action- will contribute to lasting economic success. We need to actively address the challenges facing our industry and the world in which we live.

Our Commitments