Copley Equity Partners Makes Minority Investment in Upper Crust Food Service

Upper Crust Food Service Acquires Campus Cooks

January 10, 2024

Restaurants & Hospitality

Upper Crust Food Service, LLC has acquired Campus Cooks, LLC, combining two leading providers of contract food service management for fraternity and sorority houses and summer camps. The combined company will serve over 550 accounts across 45 states and leverage more than 1,000 food service professionals to expand service capacity and strengthen market leadership in the Greek and camp food service segment.

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.

Clairvest Makes Minority Investment in Redstone Food Group

November 25, 2024

Food & Beverage

Clairvest Group Inc., together with its fund Clairvest Equity Partners VII (CEP VII), made a minority equity investment in Redstone Food Group, a Toronto-area commercial bakery focused on in-store bakery and private-label co-packing. The capital will support Redstone's growth and scaling initiatives across North America while founder Rob Wheeler remains the majority owner and CEO.

Pritzker Private Capital Acquires Sugar Foods Corporation

October 3, 2023

Food & Beverage

Pritzker Private Capital has acquired Sugar Foods Corporation, a Westlake Village, California-based food manufacturer known for crunchy toppings, croutons, pizza toppings and beverage ingredients. PPC will partner with Sugar Foods' existing management to support product innovation, customer expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions while providing capital and industry expertise to accelerate growth.

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners Acquires Kronos Foods Corp

February 12, 2020

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) has acquired Kronos Foods Corp from Grey Mountain Partners. Kronos, headquartered in Glendale Heights, Illinois, is a producer of Mediterranean and international prepared foods — including gyro meats, plant-based proteins and bakery products — and will serve as a new platform to expand product capabilities and foodservice distribution; financial terms were not disclosed.

One Equity Partners Acquires CraftMark Bakery

March 25, 2025

Food & Beverage

One Equity Partners (OEP) has agreed to acquire CraftMark Bakery, a wholesale frozen bakery manufacturer based in Indianapolis. OEP plans to support CraftMark’s growth—both organically and through strategic M&A—and provide debt financing through Steel City Private Credit; the transaction is expected to close in Q2 2025 with financial terms undisclosed.