Manischewitz

The Manischewitz Company
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryKosher Foods
FoundedCincinnati, Ohio (1888 (1888))
FounderDov Behr Manischewitz
Headquarters
80 Avenue K, Newark, New Jersey
,
United States
Area served
Nationwide
Products
OwnerKayco Kosher & Beyond - Bayonne, NJ
Websitewww.manischewitz.com

Manischewitz (/ˌmænɪˈʃɛvɪts/; Hebrew: מנישביץ) is a brand of kosher products founded in 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and best known for its matzo and kosher wine. It became a public corporation in 1923 but remained under family control until January 1991, when it was bought out by a private equity firm. On April 7, 2014, Sankaty Advisors, an arm of the private equity firm Bain Capital, bought the company from a group that included the investment firm Harbinger. It is the world's largest matzo manufacturer, one of America's largest kosher brands, and the first American exporter of matzo.