New partnerships help gourmet food purveyor Mackenzie Limited grow its product line and audience reach.

By Reported Donna Loyle

McManus and Cederholm purchased the catalog along with George Bacharach and his wife, Jenny. But within a year, problems were brewing among the partners. “The Bacharachs wanted to run a mostly holiday business, but I wanted to grow the company beyond that,” McManus notes. “We realized we had a difference in business philosophy.” In July 1997, McManus and Cederholm bought out the Bacharachs.