Kaho Partners Acquires Kenny's Great Pies

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.

Pie Guys Restaurants LLC Acquires Rapid Fired Pizza

October 22, 2021

Restaurants & Hospitality

Pie Guys Restaurants LLC, led by Mike Kern and Chip Hurst, has acquired Rapid Fired Pizza LLC from founder Ray Wiley. Rapid Fired Pizza is a Kettering, Ohio–based fast-casual pizza franchisor with roughly 33 locations across six states; the new owners plan franchise expansion and growth into non-traditional channels. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners Acquires Kronos Foods Corp

February 12, 2020

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) has acquired Kronos Foods Corp from Grey Mountain Partners. Kronos, headquartered in Glendale Heights, Illinois, is a producer of Mediterranean and international prepared foods — including gyro meats, plant-based proteins and bakery products — and will serve as a new platform to expand product capabilities and foodservice distribution; financial terms were not disclosed.

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.

Keystone Capital Invests in Hometown Foods USA

August 29, 2019

Food & Beverage

Keystone Capital completed an investment partnership with Hometown Foods USA, a Miami-based manufacturer of bagels and cake products. The partnership will support Hometown Foods' product and channel expansion and Keystone said it will pursue further bakery-sector acquisitions alongside the company; terms were not disclosed.

Kilroy Partners Acquires Cheeze Kurls with Financing from Source Capital

July 1, 2020

Food & Beverage

Kilroy Partners has acquired Cheeze Kurls, a Grand Rapids-based private label snack food manufacturer known for popcorn, cheese puffs and other salty snacks. Source Capital provided debt financing and an equity co-investment from its third credit fund to support the transaction and back Kilroy Partners as the company pursues operational improvements and growth.