Kelso & Company Acquires Ferraro Foods from Kainos Capital
April 6, 2021
Funds managed by Kelso & Company acquired Ferraro Foods, a Piscataway, New Jersey-based specialty foodservice distributor focused on Italian restaurants and pizzerias, from Kainos Capital in April 2021. Ferraro operates seven distribution centers, sources roughly 7,000 SKUs, and serves thousands of independent restaurant customers across the U.S. East Coast; Kelso intends to support continued platform growth and consolidation in the specialty distribution space.
- Buyers
- Kelso & Company
- Targets
- Ferraro Foods
- Sellers
- Kainos Capital
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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