Stir Foods (Wind Point Partners) Acquires Van Law Food Products

Stir Foods (Wind Point) Acquires Celtrade Canada

February 18, 2020

Food & Beverage

Stir Foods, a Wind Point Partners portfolio company, has acquired Celtrade Canada, a private-label and contract manufacturer of sauces, dressings and condiments, from The Succession Fund (managed by Argosy Partners). The deal expands Stir's manufacturing footprint and capabilities with Celtrade’s SQF-certified facility in the Toronto area, enhancing geographic redundancy, packaging variety and culinary resources to support growth.

Stir Foods Acquires Lancaster Fine Foods

March 1, 2021

Food & Beverage

Stir Foods, a Wind Point Partners-backed platform, has acquired Lancaster Fine Foods, a private-label and contract manufacturer of sauces, dressings and condiments, expanding Stir's manufacturing footprint to the U.S. East Coast. The acquisition adds a 100,000 sq. ft. SQF-certified facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is an add-on designed to increase capacity, geographic reach and service for retail, industrial and foodservice customers.

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.

FoodScience (Wind Point) Acquires Pet Tech Labs

September 9, 2021

Veterinary

FoodScience, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, has acquired Pet Tech Labs, a contract manufacturer of animal nutritional supplements based in Syracuse, Nebraska. The add-on expands FoodScience's contract-manufacturing capabilities and establishes a Midwest manufacturing and distribution presence while enabling the retiring owners Paul Jonjak and Carol Potter to exit.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners Acquires FoodScience

November 19, 2024

Food & Beverage

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) have acquired FoodScience, a Williston, Vermont-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of pet and human nutritional supplements, from Wind Point Partners. MSCP said it will work with CEO Sharon Rossi to pursue organic growth and strategic M&A to expand FoodScience's portfolio and capabilities.

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.