Keystone Capital Invests in Hometown Foods USA

CK Snacks (Cheeze Kurls) Acquires Keystone Food Products

March 25, 2026

Consumer Products

CK Snacks (Cheeze Kurls, LLC) acquired Keystone Food Products, Inc., a snack food manufacturer and co-packer based in Easton, Pennsylvania. The deal expands CK Snacks’ manufacturing footprint and capabilities—adding a state-of-the-art Eastern Pennsylvania facility focused on masa and cooked corn tortilla chips, extruded snacks, party mixes, pellets, and natural/organic snack lines.

Keystone Capital Partners with Penta Fine Ingredients; Mike Size Named CEO

May 7, 2025

Manufacturing

Keystone Capital Management has announced an investment partnership with Penta Fine Ingredients, a specialty chemicals and ingredient distributor/manufacturer headquartered in West Caldwell, New Jersey. As part of the transaction Keystone welcomes industry veteran Mike Size as Penta's CEO and intends to support Penta's growth and pursue add-on acquisition opportunities.

Keystone Capital Invests in Baily International

October 27, 2023

Food & Beverage

Keystone Capital Management, L.P. has entered an investment partnership with Baily International, a Granite City, Illinois-based producer of Asian appetizer products. Keystone will partner with CEO Steve Cameron (who remains in place) to support growth and pursue add-on acquisition opportunities; terms were not disclosed and senior debt was provided by CIBC Bank USA and Siemens Financial Services.

House Foods Holding USA Acquires Keystone Natural Holdings from Keystone Capital

September 20, 2022

Food & Beverage

House Foods Holding USA, the North American subsidiary of House Foods Group Inc., has acquired Keystone Natural Holdings (KNH) from private equity firm Keystone Capital. The acquisition expands House Foods' portfolio of value-added tofu and plant-based products and supports accelerated U.S. market expansion, adding KNH's Folcroft, Pennsylvania manufacturing capabilities to House Foods' North American footprint.

Shore Capital Partners Partners with Main Street Gourmet

January 15, 2020

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Shore Capital Partners has partnered with Main Street Gourmet, a custom wholesale bakery based in Akron, Ohio, to support the company's next phase of growth. Shore will invest in business development, sales & marketing, and production infrastructure and will support inorganic growth through acquisitions to build a multi-regional bakery platform; previous majority shareholder Clover Capital Partners is noted as the prior investor.

Maplehurst Bakeries/George Weston Acquires Keystone Bakery Holdings

September 1, 2010

Food & Beverage

Maplehurst Bakeries, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, acquired Keystone Bakery Holdings, LLC from Keystone Capital, Inc. for approximately $185 million. The transaction brings KBH’s frozen baked-goods platform (including Freed's, Granny's and Heartland) into Weston's Weston Foods/Maplehurst network to expand its North American in-store bakery and foodservice footprint.