President
Fromm Nieman Brands Inc.
Tom Nieman represents the fourth generation at family-owned and -operated Fromm Family Foods LLC, a Mequon-based maker of dog food. The company operates dry food and treat manufacturing facilities in Mequon and Columbus and a wet food cannery in Eden. Nieman also leads affiliated business Foxtown Brewing, a Mequon-based craft brewery.
Nieman is spearheading the development of a new 28,000-square-foot, three-story building in downtown Milwaukee that will include a restaurant, taproom and distillery and dog-friendly outdoor spaces. That development, called Foxtown Landing, is planned for a vacant site adjacent to a new dog park now under construction in downtown Milwaukee. Fromm will serve as title sponsor of the park. Since 2014, Fromm has hosted Petfest, an annual family event with various pet-focused attractions and activities, on the Henry Maier Festival Grounds in Milwaukee.
In 2016, Nieman purchased a farm in northern Marathon County that previously belonged to his family and was once a center of fox fur production and the nation’s largest ginseng grower. Nieman was recognized with the U.S. Small Business Administration – Wisconsin’s Small Business Person of the Year award in 2013.
