FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective Acquires Joe Van Gogh

FairWave Acquires Up Coffee Roasters

August 2, 2022

Food & Beverage

Kansas City-based FairWave Holdings LLC has acquired Minneapolis-based Up Coffee Roasters, bringing the local roaster into its specialty coffee collective. Up Coffee will continue to operate locally under owner David Chall (who becomes an investor in FairWave), retain its employees, and gain access to FairWave's marketing, technology and best practices.

Pod Pack International Acquires Joe's Garage Coffee

October 7, 2022

Food & Beverage

Pod Pack International, a portfolio company of LongueVue Capital, has completed a combination with Joe's Garage Coffee. The deal expands the combined platform's product and service capabilities, manufacturing capacity, and geographic footprint to better serve retail, e-commerce, foodservice and other channels.

Freeman Spogli to Acquire Philz Coffee

August 6, 2025

Consumer Products

Philz Coffee, the specialty coffee brand, has reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Freeman Spogli, a strategic growth investor focused on the consumer and multi-unit industries. The deal is expected to close on August 6, 2025, with Mahesh Sadarangani continuing as CEO and the existing leadership team staying in place.

FreshBrew Group Acquires Branded Coffee Division of White Coffee Corp

October 14, 2025

Food & Beverage

Houston-based FreshBrew Group has acquired the Branded Coffee licensed division of Long Island City–based White Coffee Corp. The transaction transfers the nation's largest portfolio of licensed bagged coffee and K-Cup products to FreshBrew, expanding its roasting, liquid production and branded-manufacturing capabilities; senior members of the White family will join FreshBrew's executive team to lead the transition.

Café Valley Acquires Freed's Bakery

January 5, 2023

Food & Beverage

Café Valley Inc., an Swander Pace Capital portfolio company, acquired the assets of Freed's Bakery, a manufacturer of iced mini cupcakes that supplies national and regional retailers. The deal is an add-on acquisition intended to expand Café Valley's product offering in mini iced cupcakes, drive synergies and economies of scale across its bakery platform.

Florida Food Products (FFP) Acquires Javo Beverage Company

June 23, 2022

Food & Beverage

Florida Food Products (FFP), the Ardian- and MidOcean-backed clean‑label ingredient platform, has agreed to acquire Javo Beverage Company, a specialist extractor of natural coffee, tea and botanical ingredients for beverage applications. The add-on expands FFP's beverage extraction capabilities and product offering as part of its strategy to build the world’s largest independent provider of clean‑label ingredients.