Confluence Food Group Expands, Invests in North St. Louis
Confluence Food Group, a holding company that owns three St. Louis food service businesses, has completed its expansion of a new facility in St. Louis, investing $6.3 million and creating 17 new jobs. To support its growth, the company relocated from its 24,000-square-foot location at North Broadway to its new 113,000-square-foot facility on Garfield Avenue in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood.
“Investments in North City by companies like Confluence Food Group reaffirm SLDC’s Economic Justice commitment to focus investment and attention on areas of St. Louis that have been historically disinvested,” said Neal Richardson, President & CEO of St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC). “We congratulate the company on its expansion and commend them for choosing to continue to grow in the city of St. Louis.”
Confluence Food Group was formed in 2019 when Dogtown Pizza merged with Fox River Dairy. Today, the company owns Dogtown Pizza, Fox River Dairy, and Crust & Sons LLC, which provide frozen pizza manufacturing, wholesale distribution of food products to the grocery and food service industry, and pizza crust manufacturing, respectively. Operations for all three businesses are centralized at Confluence Food Group’s new location, which underwent a substantial renovation to accommodate food-grade manufacturing and warehouse storage for refrigerated and frozen foods.
“Relocation to our new facility on Garfield Ave. enables both Dogtown Pizza and Fox River Dairy to meet the growing needs of their businesses,” said Jeff Tottleben, Managing Partner for Confluence Food Group. “The build-out will also allow us to incubate some additional food manufacturing startups and give access to local retail distribution. Remaining and expanding in the City of St. Louis was a top priority for us, and we believe a lot of good things are happening in and around the JeffVanderLou neighborhood. There’s great access to a capable local workforce, and we’re very excited for the next steps in the growth of these companies.”
For this expansion, Confluence Food Group will benefit from the Missouri Works program, a tool that helps companies expand and retain workers by providing access to capital through withholdings or tax credits for job creation.
Read Missouri Department of Economic Development’s announcement here.
