Benford Capital Partners Acquires Legacy Bakehouse

Legacy Bakehouse (Benford Capital) Acquires Angelic Bakehouse Operating Assets

July 16, 2024

Food & Beverage

Legacy Bakehouse, a Benford Capital Partners portfolio company, acquired the operating assets of Angelic Bakehouse from Lancaster Colony Corporation, including a 42,000-square-foot Cudahy, Wisconsin facility and production equipment. The acquisition roughly doubles Legacy's production capacity, provides redundant capabilities and supports expansion into tortillas and other adjacent snack products.

Legacy Bakehouse Acquires Classic Cookie

February 5, 2025

Food & Beverage

Legacy Bakehouse, a portfolio company of Benford Capital Partners, has acquired Mannon Specialty Foods, Inc. dba Classic Cookie, a Sevierville, Tennessee-based baker of premium cookies and brownies. The acquisition adds a 48,000–50,000 sq. ft. production facility, national retail distribution (including Walmart), and expanded sweet-snack capabilities to Legacy's growing bakery platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

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 Acquires Turri's Italian Foods

August 5, 2024

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners has acquired Turri's Italian Foods, a Michigan-based maker of IQF (individually quick frozen) pasta and rice. The Turri family will remain in leadership, and Benford plans to invest in production capacity and capabilities while pursuing add-on acquisitions to grow the business.

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 Forms Pasture Brands to Recapitalize Farmers Hen House

December 15, 2021

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners has formed Pasture Brands Holdings, LLC to recapitalize Farmers Hen House, a Kalona, Iowa–based specialty egg producer. CEO Ryan Miller will remain in place and Benford plans to invest in sales, operations, product development and marketing while pursuing add-on acquisitions to grow the platform.