1886
The Harter Milling Company was founded in Fostoria, Ohio, by the Harter and Brown families. They chose Fostoria for its natural gas, accessibility, and railroad access.
1896
Alphonse Mennel was elected President.
1917
The company was purchased by Alphonse and his sons, Louis and Mark Mennel, and renamed to The Mennel Milling Company.
1958
D.M. Mennel, third generation, was elected as President.
1972
The Roanoke Flour Mill was purchased in Roanoke, Virginia.
1973
The Dowagiac Flour Mill was purchased in Dowagiac, Michigan. It is one of the 10 oldest businesses in Michigan.
1980
D.L. Mennel, fourth generation, was elected as President.
1981
We purchased a grain elevator in Mexico, Indiana.
1982
Mennel purchased a grain elevator in Kingston, Ohio.
1983
A grain elevator was purchased in Alger, Ohio.
1989
The Mt. Olive Flour Mill was purchased in Mt. Olive, Illinois.
1989
We purchased Class 8 Truck Repair in Fostoria, Ohio. Class 8 Truck Repair is a full-service repair facility for light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks and buses, including road-to-rail trucks.
1995
Mennel invested in a state-of-the-art research lab connected to the Fostoria Flour Mill.
1998
MMC Transport Inc. was established. Mennel began operating our own fleet of trucks in the 1950s.
1999
We purchased a grain elevator in Troy, Ohio.
2005
Mennel invested in a state-of-the-art flour mill in Bucyrus, Ohio, to expand our soft wheat and organic wheat milling operations.
2007
We purchased the Old Dominion Grain elevator in West Point, Virginia, conveniently located on the Pamunkey River with access to the Chesapeake Bay vs located on a peninsula.
2007
We built a highly automated and technologically advanced mill on a greenfield site in Roanoke, Virginia.
2013
D. Ford Mennel, fifth generation, was elected as President.
2011
Mennel purchased the facilities formerly known as Mennco Grain in the Upper Sandusky, Ohio area. This acquisition included four grain facilities: C&O, Farm, Nevada, and Wharton.
2014
We founded BMP Maintenance Group in Fostoria, Ohio. BMP provides property maintenance, construction, landscaping, and snow removal services for the Fostoria campus and surrounding areas.
2015
We purchased a large grain elevator in Morral, Ohio.
2016
We built a new corporate headquarters in Fostoria, Ohio. The office was relocated to the former Seneca Wire building to consolidate operations.
2016
We acquired the largest dry mix facility in the U.S., Mennel Bakery Mix & Foodservice - Martel, in Caledonia, Ohio.
2016
Mennel purchased Renwood Mills, a mill and bakery mix facility, in Newton, North Carolina.
2016
Mennel invested in Mennex, a processing and packing facility in Fostoria, Ohio.
2018
Mennel acquired Keynes Brothers Inc., which included a flour mill in Logan, Ohio, and three grain elevators: Atlanta, Jeffersonville, and Radnor.
2021
We expanded capabilities and began producing small-pack flour at the Fostoria Flour Mill, Logan Flour Mill, and Mennex.
2025
Mennel rebuilt and modernized the Mennel Grain West Point facility in West Point, Virginia.
2025
We acquired the Toledo Flour Mill, the largest mill in Ohio and the second largest in the U.S., from Mondelez International Inc.
