Ferraro Foods Acquires Cremosa Food Company (and New Cremflora Foods)

Ferraro Foods Acquires Botticelli Food Service; Sells Casa Foods Division Back to Fornino Family

October 9, 2024

Food & Beverage

Ferraro Foods has acquired Botticelli Food Service (including the recently acquired Rudy & Son operation), expanding its distribution footprint and adding hundreds of pizzeria and restaurant customers across the Long Island / tri-state pizza market. Concurrently, Ferraro sold its Casa Foods division in Utica, New York back to the legacy Fornino family, transferring the Utica facility and more than 80 employees to local ownership.

Kelso & Company Acquires Ferraro Foods from Kainos Capital

April 6, 2021

Food & Beverage

Funds managed by Kelso & Company acquired Ferraro Foods, a Piscataway, New Jersey-based specialty foodservice distributor focused on Italian restaurants and pizzerias, from Kainos Capital in April 2021. Ferraro operates seven distribution centers, sources roughly 7,000 SKUs, and serves thousands of independent restaurant customers across the U.S. East Coast; Kelso intends to support continued platform growth and consolidation in the specialty distribution space.

Cerealto Makes Majority Investment in Fresca Foods

November 4, 2025

Food & Beverage

Spanish food manufacturer Cerealto has made a majority investment in Fresca Foods, a Colorado-based co-manufacturer of natural and organic snacks. Cerealto will hold a controlling stake while Fresca’s U.S. leadership team remains significant shareholders and continues to run day-to-day operations; the partnership establishes a substantive U.S. manufacturing presence to accelerate growth in the natural and organic snacking market.

CREO Capital Partners Acquires Bova Fresh

August 6, 2025

Food & Beverage

Miami-based private equity firm CREO Capital Partners has acquired Bova Fresh, a Boca Raton-based food procurement and distribution company that serves retail and foodservice customers across the U.S. Founders Bob Wilhelm and Steve San Filippo retain a minority stake and will continue to run the business; CREO plans to integrate Bova Fresh with other portfolio assets to expand sourcing, distribution and Latin America-focused procurement capabilities.

Ferrara Candy Company Acquires Dori Alimentos from ACON Investments

October 4, 2023

Food & Beverage

Ferrara Candy Company (through holding company CTH) has agreed to acquire Dori Alimentos, a leading Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of sweets and snacks, from a family shareholder group and an affiliate of ACON Investments. The transaction, subject to closing conditions and expected to close in Q4 2023, expands Ferrara's geographic footprint into Brazil; financial terms were not disclosed.

Ferraro Foods Acquires GDS Foods Inc.

June 16, 2023

Food & Beverage

New Jersey-based Ferraro Foods has acquired GDS Foods Inc., a Sussex, New Jersey importer and distributor of Italian food products that serves pizzerias across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The acquisition expands Ferraro's distribution footprint in key Northeast pizza markets, bringing GDS’s ~ $50 million in annual sales and a loyal customer base into Ferraro’s network.