GlacierPoint Enterprises Acquires Southern Ice Cream and Gourmet Foods
June 30, 2022
GlacierPoint Enterprises, a Mill Point Capital portfolio company, has acquired Southern Ice Cream and Gourmet Foods, a Charlotte-based full-service distributor of ice cream and related products across the Carolinas. The deal creates a newly formed GlacierPoint Carolinas division led by Bailey Jordan, expands GlacierPoint's DSD distribution footprint from South Carolina north to the U.S./Canadian border, and retains Southern's owners Kim and Chance DelCastillo in senior advisory roles.
- Targets
- Southern Ice Cream and Gourmet Foods
- Platforms
- GlacierPoint Enterprises
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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