CORE Foodservice (Acosta) Acquires TTS Marketing & Sales Ltd.

Tulkoff Foods Acquires Celtrade Canada

March 20, 2026

Food & Beverage

Tulkoff Foods has acquired Celtrade Canada, a Toronto-based private label manufacturer, to expand its North American sauce manufacturing footprint and product development capabilities. The combined operation will leverage manufacturing facilities in both the United States and Canada, along with expanded R&D and packaging formats to improve speed to market and provide more customization options for retail, foodservice, and industrial customers.

CORE Foodservice Acquires The Culinary Edge

May 7, 2024

Food & Beverage

CORE Foodservice, part of the Acosta Group agency collective, has acquired The Culinary Edge (TCE), a U.S.-based food and beverage innovation consultancy. The deal expands CORE's capabilities in menu and concept development and strengthens its connectivity with chain restaurant clients across North America.

Training The Street Acquires The Marquee Group

April 5, 2023

Education

Training The Street (TTS), a PE-backed provider of financial training, acquired The Marquee Group, a Canadian financial modeling and data-science training firm. The add-on, financed by TTS sponsor Falfurrias Capital Partners, expands TTS's course offerings (Python, Tableau, Power BI, VBA) and broadens its global teaching footprint while retaining The Marquee Group's brand and instructors.

Acosta Acquires Premium Retail Services

November 16, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Acosta has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Premium Retail Services, a provider of tech-enabled retail merchandising, in-store sales and training, and retail analytics. The acquisition expands Acosta's omnichannel capabilities and presence in consumer electronics and drug channels and adds more than 9,000 Premium employees to Acosta's workforce.

Acosta Acquires Impact Group from CI Capital Partners

June 24, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Acosta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Impact Group, a national sales and marketing agency serving natural, specialty, ethnic and emerging consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The sale by CI Capital Partners follows a period of buy-and-build growth during which Impact Group completed 12 add-on acquisitions; CI Capital will retain Impact's Cluep digital advertising business unit. The transaction was announced June 24, 2021 and expected to close in July 2021, pending customary approvals.

Krones Acquires Majority Interest in Trans-Market Sales & Equipment

August 31, 2016

Industrial Services

Krones has acquired a majority interest in Trans-Market Sales & Equipment, Inc., a Tampa-based provider of process engineering and automation solutions for the liquid food industry. The previous owners will retain a minority stake and remain engaged in management; the deal strengthens Krones' process-technology capabilities and North American footprint.