FreshEdge Acquires Panama Banana

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 Acquires Frontier Produce

July 25, 2024

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners-backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Frontier Produce, a three-facility fresh produce distributor based in Oklahoma. The add-on expands FreshEdge's geographic footprint westward (complementing its KT Produce acquisition) and adds capacity to better serve restaurants, hotels, school systems and other foodservice customers across Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.

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.

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 Acquires Monteverde's

December 1, 2021

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a produce and specialty food platform backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, acquired Monteverde's, a fresh produce distributor located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Monteverde's operates from a 61,500 sq ft facility and will remain locally managed under the Monteverde family while expanding FreshEdge's footprint in western Pennsylvania and the eastern U.S.; terms were not disclosed.

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.