 The CEO at the time, Jeff Swain, said that the company is making $7,000 a week since Natural Food took over, rather than losing $10,000.In April 2010, former Niman Ranch treasurer Gary Steven Gross was indicted by a federal grand jury of defrauding the company of more than $1.6 million.In August 2007 Bill Niman left Niman Ranch after increasing confrontations with the new management team.