The Swanson Family of Companies, which includes Associated Feed, Nutrius, and Virtus Nutrition, of Turlock, Calif., will acquire D&D Ingredient Distributors, Inc.

“Our family is very excited at the prospect of entrusting D&D and our employee team to the Swansons,” said Doc and Dorothy Miller who founded D&D in 1976 in Delphos, Ohio.

Their son, Arnie Miller, President of D&D, said, “We had a number of requirements that we felt a partner would have to have and the Swansons fit all of them. We are looking forward to working together as one team going forward.”

Matt Swanson, CEO of the Swanson Family of Companies, said, “We’ve admired the Miller family and done business with D&D for many years. And for a number of years, we’ve wanted to achieve the combination of our two companies.

“Joining with D&D represents an important expansion eastward for us,” Swanson said, “and it will enable us, with the help of the highly capable employee base at D&D, to better serve existing customers and position us to serve new customers in D&D’s market area.”

“D&D is a very well-run business,” Swanson said, “providing a wide variety of outsourced manufacturing services to the animal feed and pet food industries. D&D’s focus on high quality products and customer service has meant steady growth and expansion of both its customer base and market area.”

Restructuring under the new ownership is well underway with minimal change in business operations and only a minor change to the company name — now D&D Ingredients LLC.