Daybreak Foods Acquires Konos, Inc. (Vande Bunte Eggs)
August 19, 2022
Daybreak Foods, a family-owned shell-and-liquid-egg producer, has acquired substantially all assets of Konos, Inc. (d.b.a. Vande Bunte Eggs). The acquisition secures additional cage-free, free-range, and organic shell-egg supply and supports Daybreak's continued growth and cage-free conversion opportunities; the Vande Bunte family will retire as part of the transaction.
- Buyers
- Daybreak Foods, Inc.
- Targets
- Konos, Inc. (d.b.a. Vande Bunte Eggs)
- Sellers
- Vande Bunte family (Tim and Paul Vande Bunte / Konos, Inc.)
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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