Kenex Holdings Acquires Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts

Morinaga Co., Ltd. to Acquire My/Mochi Ice Cream

March 9, 2026

Food & Beverage

Morinaga & Co., the parent of Morinaga America, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire My/Mochi Ice Cream, the largest mochi ice cream brand in the United States. The deal is intended to strengthen Morinaga’s position in the frozen snack category and expand its U.S. consumer footprint.

Marubeni Corporation Acquires Bubbies Ice Cream

June 30, 2025

Food & Beverage

Marubeni Corporation has acquired Bubbies Ice Cream, the leading mochi ice cream brand in the natural channel, making it part of Marubeni America Corporation while operations and manufacturing remain in Phoenix, Arizona. The acquisition aims to accelerate Bubbies' growth by leveraging Marubeni’s global supply-chain capabilities and distribution network to scale the brand nationally and internationally.

Dessert Holdings (Bain Capital) Acquires Kenny's Great Pies from Kaho Partners

May 17, 2024

Food & Beverage

Dessert Holdings, a premium-dessert platform owned by Bain Capital, has acquired Kenny's Great Pies from Kaho Partners. The acquisition adds Kenny's clean-label, cream-based pies and manufacturing capacity (33,000 sq ft facility in Smyrna, Georgia) to Dessert Holdings' portfolio to expand product offerings and distribution across retail, club and foodservice channels; terms were not disclosed.

Private Investor Acquires Icing on the Cake

April 19, 2024

Food & Beverage

Generational Group advised Icing on the Cake, an ultra-premium retail dessert bakery in Los Gatos, California, on its sale to a private investor. The transaction closed April 19, 2024 and transfers ownership from founder Lynn after nearly 40 years, with the buyer (unnamed) expected to continue the bakery's traditions and local presence.

Lakeview Capital Acquires The Mochi Ice Cream Company from Century Park Capital Partners

January 30, 2020

Food & Beverage

Lakeview Capital, Inc. has acquired The Mochi Ice Cream Company (maker of the My/Mo and Mikawaya brands) from Century Park Capital Partners. Century Park had owned the company since 2015 and scaled distribution from under 1,000 to more than 20,000 locations; the transaction represents a sponsor exit and positions the brand for continued national growth under new ownership.

Bubbies of San Francisco Acquires Othentic Foods

October 1, 2014

Food & Beverage

Bubbies of San Francisco has acquired Othentic Foods, a New Jersey-based importer of USDA-certified organic and all-natural pickles, sauerkraut and other preserved vegetables from Poland. The acquisition expands Bubbies' specialty fermented and pickled product portfolio and is intended to capture cost and market synergies across natural and specialty grocery channels.