Fresh Direct Produce Acquires Mike and Mike's Organics

Fresh Produce Acquires Midwest Marketing

October 15, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Fresh Produce, LLC, a regional marketing agency with offices in Sioux Falls and Rapid City, has purchased Midwest Marketing of Rapid City following owner Dawn Claymore's decision to retire. Midwest Marketing will continue to operate under its established brand and leadership—including President Megan Batteen—while Fresh Produce supports growth in the South Dakota market.

FreshEdge Acquires Frontier Produce

July 25, 2024

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners-backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Frontier Produce, a three-facility fresh produce distributor based in Oklahoma. The add-on expands FreshEdge's geographic footprint westward (complementing its KT Produce acquisition) and adds capacity to better serve restaurants, hotels, school systems and other foodservice customers across Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.

FirstFruits Farms (Ontario Teachers-backed) Acquires Applewood Orchards and Applewood Fresh Growers

December 21, 2023

Agriculture

FirstFruits Farms, a portfolio company of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, has acquired Applewood Orchards, Inc. and Applewood Fresh Growers LLC. The deal expands FirstFruits' growing, packing and distribution footprint—adding apple acreage, controlled-atmosphere storage and new club apple varieties to better serve customers across the Midwest and East Coast.

PNC Riverarch Capital Acquires Fresh Direct Produce from HKW

August 11, 2021

Food & Beverage

PNC Riverarch Capital has acquired Fresh Direct Produce, Ltd., a Vancouver-based distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic and specialty produce, from HKW. HKW had partnered with Fresh Direct Produce in December 2018 and during the investment period the company completed three add-on acquisitions and strengthened its operations; Truist Securities and Taft Stettinius & Hollister served as advisors on the sale.

GrubMarket Acquires Best Fresh Produce, Inc.

October 22, 2020

Food & Beverage

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Best Fresh Produce, Inc., a Los Angeles–based fresh fruit and vegetable supplier founded in 2007. The deal expands GrubMarket's presence in the Los Angeles market and gives Best Fresh Produce access to GrubMarket's WholesaleWare SaaS platform while remaining based in Los Angeles under its existing management team.

GrubMarket Acquires Fresh Tex Produce

September 15, 2020

Food & Beverage

GrubMarket has acquired Fresh Tex Produce, a Texas-based fresh fruit and vegetable supplier, to accelerate its national expansion and deepen its supplier network in Texas. Fresh Tex Produce will remain based in Alamo, Texas and continue to be managed by its current leadership while gaining access to GrubMarket's WholesaleWare SaaS and broader customer network.