Wind Point Partners Invests in Tropicale Foods

Tropicale Foods (Wind Point) Acquires Paleteria La Michoacana

January 19, 2021

Food & Beverage

Wind Point Partners’ portfolio company Tropicale Foods has acquired Paleteria La Michoacana (PLM), a manufacturer of Hispanic-inspired frozen novelty products. The deal combines the Helados Mexico and La Michoacana brands, expands manufacturing capacity (including PLM’s 45,000 sq. ft. Modesto facility), and supports marketing, new products, and category growth.

Wind Point Partners Acquires Palmex

February 22, 2022

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Palmex S. de R.L. de C.V., a Monterrey-based manufacturer of better-for-you and Hispanic snack pellets. Wind Point intends to use Palmex as a North American platform to expand capacity, accelerate U.S. presence, and pursue growth through organic investment and add-on acquisitions.

Wind Point Partners Acquires FoodScience Corporation

March 9, 2021

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired FoodScience Corporation, a Vermont-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of human and pet nutritional supplements. Wind Point will partner with management and incumbent CEO Sharon Rossi to grow the Company's branded and private-label business, accelerate eCommerce, and pursue broader growth in human and pet supplement markets.

Wind Point Partners Acquires FreshEdge

October 4, 2022

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired FreshEdge, a leading independent fresh food distributor, from Rotunda Capital Partners. FreshEdge’s existing management team will remain in place and Wind Point will provide capital to expand fresh-cut processing capabilities, warehouse space, infrastructure and pursue strategic acquisitions to grow density across the Midwest and Southeast.

Wind Point Partners Acquires RTIC Outdoors

September 9, 2020

Consumer Products

Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired RTIC Outdoors, the largest direct-to-consumer provider of premium coolers, tumblers, bottles and travel bags based in Houston, Texas. The Jacobsen brothers retain meaningful ownership stakes and will remain involved while Wind Point installs Bill Pond as CEO to drive the company's next phase of DTC eCommerce growth and leadership succession.

Wind Point Partners Acquires Buske Lines Inc.

November 4, 2025

Logistics & Distribution

Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Buske Lines Inc., a contract warehousing and supply chain services provider serving food, beverage and CPG customers. Wind Point is partnering with Buske management (led by CEO Nick Heinz), which retains a meaningful ownership stake, to invest in technology, infrastructure and organic and M&A-driven growth across the company’s 37 facilities in the U.S. and Canada.