Upper Crust Food Service Acquires Campus Cooks

Upper Crust Food Service Acquires College Fresh, Inc.

January 8, 2025

Food & Beverage

Upper Crust Food Service has acquired College Fresh, Inc., combining two leading contract food service providers that serve fraternities, sororities and camps across the United States. The combined business will operate across 45 states and more than 100 college campuses, leveraging 2,000+ food service professionals; financial terms were not disclosed. Adam Guy will lead the combined company as CEO and Jack Dawson (former College Fresh President) has joined as President and shareholder.

Copley Equity Partners Makes Minority Investment in Upper Crust Food Service

June 28, 2023

Restaurants & Hospitality

Copley Equity Partners has made a significant minority investment in Upper Crust Food Service, a Columbia, Missouri–based contract food service provider focused on sorority and fraternity houses and summer camps. Terms were not disclosed; the capital will support growth following Upper Crust's recent merger with College Chefs and its service footprint of more than 400 locations.

General Mills Acquires TNT Crust from Peak Rock Capital

May 11, 2022

Food & Beverage

General Mills has acquired TNT Crust, a manufacturer of frozen pizza crusts that serves pizza chains, foodservice distributors and retail outlets. The acquisition (from Peak Rock Capital) adds TNT Crust's manufacturing footprint — including two Green Bay, Wisconsin facilities and one in St. Charles, Missouri — to General Mills' frozen baked goods platform to expand its away‑from‑home foodservice presence.

Proof of the Pudding Acquires Southern Crust Catering Company

January 2, 2024

Food & Beverage

Proof of the Pudding, an Atlanta-based food service and event catering operator, has acquired Southern Crust Catering Company, a mobile wood-fired pizza catering business founded by Bob Lewis. The acquisition adds Southern Crust's upscale Italian mobile catering capability and vintage pizza truck to Proof of the Pudding's event and venue catering offerings and is intended to expand Proof's menu and service options for weddings, corporate events and private parties across Georgia.

Rich Products Corporation Acquires Great Kitchens Food Company from Brynwood Partners VIII L.P.

January 26, 2026

Food & Beverage

Rich Products Corporation (Rich's) has acquired Great Kitchens Food Company from Brynwood Partners VIII L.P.; the transaction closed in January 2026 for undisclosed terms. Great Kitchens, headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois, is a leading U.S. manufacturer of private-label take-and-bake and topped pizzas (including the Uno Foods/Pizzeria Uno lines) with three production facilities and roughly 1,000 employees; the deal gives Rich's expanded topped-pizza capabilities, greater capacity and a vertically integrated pizza platform.

Chartwells Higher Education Acquires Fresh Ideas Food Management

July 18, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

Chartwells Higher Education, a division of Compass Group, has acquired Fresh Ideas, a Columbia, Missouri–based foodservice management company. The deal expands Chartwells' regional footprint in campus dining while allowing Fresh Ideas to continue operating under its existing brand and leadership with access to Chartwells' broader tools and resources.