Fabian Couture Group Acquires Uncommon Chef

CookUnity Acquires Fraîche

May 14, 2025

Food & Beverage

CookUnity has acquired Fraîche, a New York City–based smart-fridge platform that provides chef-crafted meals and curated snacks to office workplaces. The deal expands CookUnity's distribution into the workplace, giving employees 24/7 access to chef-prepared meals and enabling CookUnity to scale its chef-led offering into office locations.

Uncommon Brands (Crux Capital Portfolio) Acquires Fuego Tortilla Grill

February 14, 2024

Restaurants & Hospitality

Uncommon Brands, a Dallas-based restaurant holding company backed by Crux Capital, has completed the acquisition of Fuego Tortilla Grill, a Texas-based Tex‑Mex limited‑service concept. The deal adds a fast‑casual Tex‑Mex brand to Uncommon Brands' platform as it pursues accelerated unit development and operational scaling across regional markets.

Great Kitchens Food Company Acquires Uno Foods

March 1, 2023

Food & Beverage

Great Kitchens Food Company, a Brynwood Partners portfolio company, has acquired the Uno Foods division of Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation from Newport Global Advisors. The acquisition adds the Pizzeria Uno branded frozen and refrigerated product line and the Brockton, Massachusetts manufacturing facility to Great Kitchens' frozen foods platform, expanding Brynwood's manufacturing footprint.

Fabian Couture Group Acquires Executive Apparel

November 17, 2022

Manufacturing

Fabian Couture Group, backed by Riveria Investment Group and Valesco Industries, has acquired the assets of Executive Apparel Group, Inc., expanding Fabian's Uniform and Career Apparel segment. The deal brings together complementary product lines and is intended to expand production capabilities and cross-selling opportunities across hospitality, foodservice, school uniforms, casinos and corporate customers.

Bain Capital Invests $250M Minority Growth Round in Cuisine Solutions

June 6, 2022

Food & Beverage

Bain Capital has made a $250 million minority growth investment in Cuisine Solutions to support the sous-vide leader's product innovation, global expansion, and manufacturing footprint build-out. Cuisine Solutions' existing management and the Vilgrain family remain in control while the capital will be used to accelerate domestic and international growth across foodservice, retail, travel, and military channels.

FDH Aero Acquires Unical Defense

November 29, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

FDH Aero, a PE-backed aerospace and defense distributor, has acquired Unical Defense, a City of Industry, California–based provider of aftermarket component parts and logistics services for military aircraft. The acquisition serves as an add-on to FDH's platform (backed by Audax Private Equity) to accelerate growth in the global defense aftermarket and expand repair-management and supplier capabilities.