FreshEdge Acquires Frontier Produce

FreshEdge (Wind Point-backed) Acquires Western Sky Produce

July 18, 2024

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners–backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Western Sky Produce, a Salinas, California–based fresh produce service provider. The acquisition strengthens FreshEdge's vertical integration and consolidated procurement, distribution and logistics capabilities and brings Western Sky's founders and team into the FreshEdge platform.

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.

FreshEdge (Wind Point Partners) Acquires Kimball & Thompson Produce (KT Produce)

December 14, 2023

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners–backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Kimball & Thompson Produce Company (KT Produce), a fresh produce distributor headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas. The add-on expands FreshEdge's footprint in the Southern U.S., strengthens its supply chain and adds approximately 40,000 square feet of warehouse capacity across Lowell and Arkansas/Oklahoma locations.

FreshEdge (Wind Point-backed) Acquires Greenberg Fruit Company

November 2, 2023

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners–backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Greenberg Fruit Company, a specialty produce distributor headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The deal expands FreshEdge's Midwest footprint westward, strengthening its supply chain and fresh-cut processing capabilities to better serve foodservice and retail customers in Nebraska and western Iowa.

FreshEdge (Rotunda-backed) Acquires City Produce

May 11, 2022

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, the Rotunda Capital Partners-backed fresh food distribution platform, acquired City Produce, a fresh food distributor headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The add-on transaction (closed May 10, 2022; terms undisclosed) expands FreshEdge's footprint into the southern U.S., adding two facilities (Fort Walton Beach, FL and Foley, AL) and strengthening service to customers across North Central Florida, the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama.

FreshEdge (backed by Rotunda Capital Partners) Acquires Valley Produce

July 1, 2021

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food distributors backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, has acquired Valley Produce, a fresh-produce distributor operating near Knoxville, Tennessee. The deal (closed June 30, 2021; terms undisclosed) is an add-on to the FreshEdge platform to expand its presence in eastern Tennessee and the broader southeastern U.S.; Valley will continue operating from its current facility with Mark Stansberry remaining as president.