C.H. Guenther Acquires House-Autry Mills

C.H. Guenther & Son Acquires Les Aliments Mejicano (Mejicano Foods)

April 8, 2026

Food & Beverage

C.H. Guenther & Son LLC acquired Les Aliments Mejicano Inc. (Mejicano Foods), a producer of flour tortillas. The transaction expands CHG’s tortilla manufacturing and distribution platform to better serve North American foodservice, retail, and private-label customers, with Mejicano’s facilities located near Montreal, Quebec.

C.H. Guenther & Son Acquires Fresca Mexican Foods

June 23, 2025

Food & Beverage

San Antonio-headquartered C.H. Guenther & Son (CHG), a Pritzker Private Capital-backed food manufacturer, has acquired Fresca Mexican Foods, a Caldwell, Idaho-based producer of flour and corn tortillas and tortilla chips. The acquisition expands CHG's tortilla manufacturing capacity, adds Fresca's 190,000 sq. ft. facility and ~375 employees, and deepens CHG's relationships with QSR, foodservice and private-label customers.

Turpaz Industries Acquires Schumann & Sohn GmbH

November 12, 2024

Food & Beverage

Turpaz Industries Ltd. acquired 100% of German flavor company Schumann & Sohn GmbH for approximately €10.7 million, with the transaction completed on November 7, 2024 and financed through bank credit. The acquisition expands Turpaz's presence in sweet flavors in Western Europe, adds a Karlsruhe production and development site with 21 employees and ~€9 million in 2023 sales, and is expected to generate cross-selling and product-portfolio synergies.

C.H. Guenther & Son Acquires Baldinger and Sons Bakeries

January 19, 2022

Food & Beverage

C.H. Guenther & Son LLC (CHG) has acquired Baldinger and Sons bakeries, expanding CHG's bakery manufacturing capacity and deepening relationships with quick service restaurant (QSR) customers across North America. The Baldinger-Sons management team will remain post-transaction; terms were not disclosed. CHG is owned by Pritzker Private Capital.

Kainos Capital Acquires Muenster Milling

August 12, 2021

Food & Beverage

Kainos Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm focused on food and consumer businesses, has acquired Muenster Milling, a fourth-generation pet food and ingredient manufacturer based in Muenster, Texas. The transaction partners Kainos with owners Mitch and Chad Felderhoff to scale Muenster's manufacturing capabilities and build a broader pet food and ingredient platform within Kainos' portfolio.

Ardent Mills to Acquire Hinrichs Trading Company Operations

February 25, 2021

Food & Beverage

Ardent Mills announced plans to acquire substantially all of the business operations of Hinrichs Trading Company, a family-owned pulse sourcing, cleaning and packing business headquartered in Pullman, Washington. The acquisition is intended to expand Ardent Mills' specialty ingredient capabilities — particularly chickpea solutions — and support growth in plant-based and specialty grain markets.