Consortium Led by Midwest Growth Partners and Farragut Invests in Catalina Finer Foods

Midwest Growth Partners, alongside Farragut Capital Partners, Spring Capital Partners, Gemini Investors, Lake Country Capital, SharpVue Capital and Promise Holdings, provided subordinated debt and preferred equity to Catalina Finer Foods, a Tampa-based manufacturer of frozen Cuban and Caribbean foods. The financing (which included Spring Capital's $4.4M subordinated debt and $1.9M equity) supports a succession plan with second-generation owner Justo Cepero and funds future organic growth and bolt-on acquisitions; Cadence Bank provided senior financing.