Hometown Food Company (Brynwood) to Acquire Chef Boyardee Brand from Conagra

Hometown Food Company (Brynwood Partners) Acquires Birch Benders from Sovos Brands

January 9, 2023

Food & Beverage

Hometown Food Company, a Brynwood Partners-controlled platform, has acquired Birch Benders from Sovos Brands. The deal adds the better-for-you pancake, waffle and baking mixes brand to Hometown Food Company's portfolio to expand its footprint in the breakfast and baking categories; terms were not disclosed.

Brynwood Partners' Buitoni Food Company Acquires North American Buitoni Business from Nestlé USA

June 9, 2020

Consumer Products

Brynwood Partners VIII L.P., through its newly formed portfolio company Buitoni Food Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the North American Buitoni business from Nestlé USA. The deal (terms undisclosed) includes a 240,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia with approximately 525 full-time employees and rights to the Buitoni brand in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean; Buitoni Food Company will be headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Artisan Chef Manufacturing Company Acquires Buitoni Food Company

September 25, 2025

Food & Beverage

Artisan Chef Manufacturing Company has acquired Buitoni Food Company, a refrigerated pasta and sauces consumer packaged goods business. Briggs Management Partners served as exclusive financial advisor, led diligence and integration planning, and is acting as interim CFO to support the post-close integration and operational improvements.

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.

Rich Products Corporation Acquires Great Kitchens Food Company from Brynwood Partners VIII L.P.

January 26, 2026

Food & Beverage

Rich Products Corporation (Rich's) has acquired Great Kitchens Food Company from Brynwood Partners VIII L.P.; the transaction closed in January 2026 for undisclosed terms. Great Kitchens, headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois, is a leading U.S. manufacturer of private-label take-and-bake and topped pizzas (including the Uno Foods/Pizzeria Uno lines) with three production facilities and roughly 1,000 employees; the deal gives Rich's expanded topped-pizza capabilities, greater capacity and a vertically integrated pizza platform.

Conagra Brands Acquires Sweetwood Smoke & Co. (FATTY Smoked Meat Sticks)

August 12, 2024

Food & Beverage

Conagra Brands has acquired Sweetwood Smoke & Co., the maker of FATTY Smoked Meat Sticks; financial terms were not disclosed. Conagra said the purchase supports its strategy to reshape the portfolio for faster growth by adding a premium, better‑for‑you snack brand and expanding its snacking capabilities and distribution.