Benford Capital Forms Pasture Brands to Recapitalize Farmers Hen House

Pete & Gerry's Organics Acquires Pasture Brands from Benford Capital Partners

January 9, 2025

Food & Beverage

Pete & Gerry's Organics (the Butterfly Equity-backed egg platform) has acquired Pasture Brands Holdings — the holding company for Farmers Hen House and Pillars Yogurt — from Benford Capital Partners. The transaction (closed January 9, 2025) expands Pete & Gerry's branded specialty egg and dairy portfolio and continues consolidation in natural/conventional grocery and club channels.

Pasture Brands (Benford Capital) Acquires Pillars Yogurt

April 22, 2024

Food & Beverage

Pasture Brands Holdings, a portfolio company of Benford Capital Partners, has acquired Pillars Yogurt, a better-for-you drinkable yogurt brand launched in 2016. The deal adds Pillars' clean-label, high-protein products (sold in over 4,000 U.S. stores) to the Pasture Brands platform to accelerate retail distribution and new product development.

Benford Capital Recapitalizes Brothers International Food Corporation

December 31, 2020

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners completed a recapitalization of Brothers International Food Corporation, partnering with founder and CEO Travis Betters who will remain in place. The capital will be used to invest in sales, marketing, R&D and new product development across Brothers' ingredients and Brothers All-Natural divisions, and to pursue add-on acquisitions in the healthy snacks and food ingredients space.

Benford Capital Partners Recapitalizes Nutrition Service Company

June 22, 2021

Agriculture

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners completed a recapitalization of Nutrition Service Company, a Pulaski, Wisconsin-based producer of custom dairy cattle feed blends and processed soybean products. Benford will partner with NSC management (CEO Robert Block and CFO Paul Harke) to fund organic growth, invest in manufacturing and sales capabilities, and pursue add-on acquisitions as NSC becomes a platform investment for the firm.

Benford Capital Partners Acquires Legacy Bakehouse

April 11, 2023

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners has acquired Legacy Bakehouse, a Waukesha, Wisconsin-based developer and manufacturer of baked snack ingredients and the owner of the Pinahs brand. Benford will partner with Legacy President Peter Sardina, invest in operational capacity and sales capabilities, and pursue add-on acquisitions to grow the platform.

Pete & Gerry's Organics Acquires Farmers Hen House

January 28, 2025

Food & Beverage

Pete & Gerry's Organics, LLC has acquired Kalona, Iowa-based Farmers Hen House, a supplier of Certified Humane organic, free-range and pasture-raised shell eggs. The acquisition adds over 90 partner family farms and a modern processing facility in Iowa, increasing Pete & Gerry's packing capacity and supporting growth across the Midwest and West; terms were not disclosed.