Taylor Farms Acquires Natures Way Foods

Taylor Farms Acquires FarmWise's Business

April 10, 2025

Agriculture

Taylor Farms, the family-owned North American producer of ready-to-eat salads, has acquired the business of FarmWise, an agricultural robotics company known for its Vulcan precision weeder. The acquisition is intended to accelerate Taylor Farms' adoption of precision ag technology, ensure continuity for FarmWise Vulcan customers, and advance sustainable farming and automation capabilities.

Taylor Fresh Foods Acquires 16.3% Stake in Pacific Valley Bank

January 6, 2026

Financial Services

Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, has acquired a 16.3% minority ownership stake in Pacific Valley Bank, a locally owned community bank headquartered in Salinas, California. The investment strengthens the bank's capital base, reinforces local ownership and governance, and adds Taylor representation on the bank's board.

Blue Road Capital Acquires NatureSweet from Silver Ventures

September 20, 2023

Agriculture

Blue Road Capital, an investment firm focused on vertically integrated food and agriculture businesses, has acquired NatureSweet (NS Brands, Ltd.), the largest vertically integrated greenhouse-grown produce company in North America, from Silver Ventures for an undisclosed sum. NatureSweet grows, harvests, and packages tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers across more than 1,400 acres and employs over 6,000 people, with products sold through major supermarkets across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Red Arts Capital Acquires Freshway Foods from US Foods

March 13, 2025

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Red Arts Capital has acquired Freshway Foods, a fresh-cut processing, repacking and logistics provider operating in the eastern United States, from US Foods. Red Arts said it will provide strategic, financial and organizational support while Freshway's current president, Devon Beer, will remain in place to continue the company's operations and growth.

Taylor Farms and Foodiverse Acquire Bonduelle's Packaged Salad Business in Germany

April 1, 2025

Food & Beverage

Taylor Farms and Foodiverse have completed the acquisition of Bonduelle Group's packaged/ready-to-eat salad operations in Germany (production sites including Straelen, Reutlingen and Thurländer). Foodiverse will operate the unified German businesses under the Greenfresh brand, strengthening the buyers' presence and production capacity in the German and broader European fresh-packaged salad market.

Sweet Harvest Foods Acquires Nature Nate's Honey Co.

January 4, 2022

Food & Beverage

Sweet Harvest Foods, a natural sweeteners platform in the Blue Road Capital portfolio, has purchased Nature Nate's Honey Co. from founder Nathan Sheets and will merge the brand into the Sweet Harvest platform. The deal brings the leading U.S. branded honey business together with Sweet Harvest to accelerate growth of the honey and natural sweetener market and expand retail availability.