Francis-Mustoe & Company

What Francis-Mustoe & Company does

Francis-Mustoe & Company is a privately held commodity risk management and cash vegetable oil brokerage firm founded in 1946. The company serves food manufacturing and processing companies as well as vegetable oil suppliers and producers, providing services that address price risk exposure, margin volatility, earnings instability, and the operational complexity of trading agricultural commodities. Its core offering is commodity risk management, supported by four service modules: Market Information & Insights, Strategy Development, Cash Vegetable Oil Brokerage, and Procurement Support.

The firm's business model is a B2B direct engagement model in which brokers and consultants are embedded with clients to structure hedging strategies, execute cash vegetable oil transactions, and manage contracts and supply chains. Pricing, contract value, and revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market relies on direct client relationships, supplemented by a digital presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and a blog. The firm operates two disclosed offices in the United States — Waterloo, Nebraska and Shakopee, Minnesota — staffed under the leadership of President and owner Vince Schwartz.

In 2024, Francis-Mustoe & Company merged into Moving Parts LLC, with the combined entity continuing to operate under the Moving Parts LLC name and absorb Francis-Mustoe's commodity risk management and brokerage operations. Customers were redirected to the Moving Parts website as part of the transaction. The underlying business — independent consulting and brokerage across the U.S. agricultural trading markets — remains intact, but firm-level financials, headcount, and customer mix are not disclosed in available source materials.

Name

Francis-Mustoe & Company

Legal name

Moving Parts LLC

Website

https://francis-mustoe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Francis-Mustoe & Company is a private commodity risk management and cash vegetable oil brokerage firm, founded in 1946, serving food manufacturers and vegetable oil suppliers across the U.S. Midwest. It merged into Moving Parts LLC in 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Brokerage and Risk Management Services

NAICS

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (4251)

SIC

Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) (5172)

akta.pro primary industry

Edible Oil Packaging, Bottling & Private Label Manufacturing (AFAKAEAJ)

Keywords

• Commodity risk management
• Cash vegetable oil brokerage
• Agricultural commodity consulting
• Procurement support services
• Edible oil logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Brea

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Francis-Mustoe & Company is an independent consulting and brokerage firm specializing in commodity risk management and cash vegetable oil brokerage within agricultural trading markets. The firm works primarily with food companies and suppliers to deliver market information, strategy development, procurement support, and contract and supply chain management for edible oils. Following its merger with Moving Parts LLC, these services continue under the combined entity.

Product overview

Moving Parts LLC (formerly Francis-Mustoe & Company) offers a unified suite of commodity risk management and brokerage services for the agricultural trading markets. The core offering is Commodity Risk Management, supported by four service modules: Market Information & Insights (providing market data), Strategy Development (tailored risk mitigation strategies), Cash Vegetable Oil Brokerage (contract and supply chain management), and Procurement Support. Together, these services help food companies and suppliers minimize price risk, maximize margins, stabilize earnings, and optimize market positions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commodity Risk Management Comprehensive risk management services within agricultural trading markets designed to help food companies and suppliers navigate commodity trading complexities, optimize market positions, and stabilize earnings.
• Market Information & Insights Provides clients in agricultural trading markets with relevant, up-to-date market information and insights to inform commodity trading and procurement decisions.
• Strategy Development Develops tailored strategies that help food companies and suppliers minimize price risk, maximize margins, and stabilize earnings in commodity markets.
• Cash Vegetable Oil Brokerage Brokerage services for cash vegetable oils offering class-leading contract management and supply chain management and support for buyers and suppliers.
• Procurement Support Support services that assist clients with procurement needs in the vegetable oil commodity markets, including logistics, product availability, and administrative support.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus is a global merchant of oilseeds, grains, and vegetable oils with integrated risk management services for counterparties. It is structurally similar in addressing both food companies and suppliers in edible oils, but operates an industrial-scale trading book.
• Wilmar International: Wilmar is the world's largest palm oil processor and a leading vegetable oil merchant with origination and risk management functions targeting food industry customers. It is a relevant competitor for vegetable oil brokerage and supply chain mandates, with Asia-centric footprint.
• Cargill: Cargill is the largest privately held agribusiness, with extensive oilseed, vegetable oil, and risk management offerings to food companies and suppliers. It operates at a vastly different scale and breadth, but addresses the same value chain and offers overlapping risk management services.
• Bunge Global: Bunge is one of the world's largest oilseed processors and vegetable oil merchants with global origination and risk management capabilities. It represents a comparable vegetable oil focus and risk management franchise, but at industrial scale with physical processing assets rather than independent brokerage.
• StoneX Group: StoneX is a publicly traded global commodity broker and risk management firm with substantial agricultural and energy commodity operations. Comparability to Francis-Mustoe/Moving Parts is direct on the commodity risk management and brokerage services, though StoneX operates at significantly greater scale, multi-asset, and multi-region reach.
• ED&F Man: ED&F Man is a global commodity merchant with significant sugar, coffee, and agricultural commodity operations including risk management advisory and brokerage. It mirrors the merchant-model brokerage and advisory functionality, with comparable focus on soft/agricultural commodities at larger scale.
• Olam International / Olam Agri: Olam is a major agribusiness merchant with global edible oils, grains, and risk management operations. It services food companies through supply chain and risk solutions similar to the Moving Parts value proposition, though at industrial scale and with physical assets.
• Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM): ADM is a major agribusiness with deep oilseed processing, vegetable oil origination, and risk management advisory operations. It addresses the same buyer base of food companies and competes for the same brokerage-style mandates, but as a vertically integrated global trader rather than independent broker.

Direct peers

• Batory Foods: Batory Foods is a US-based independent ingredient broker and supply chain manager servicing food manufacturers. It is directly comparable as a smaller, relationship-driven B2B ingredient and edible commodity intermediary serving food companies.
• Hedgepoint Global: Hedgepoint Global is an independent commodity merchant focused on sugar, coffee, and grains with advisory and risk management offerings to food and ag buyers. It is closely comparable as a niche-to-mid-size independent merchant broker addressing food industry risk management needs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@movingpartsllc4717
• Facebookfacebook.com/MovingPartsLLCRiskManagement
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/first-presbyterian-church-birmingham-mi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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