Midwest Growth Partners Invests in French Gourmet, LLC

Midwest Growth Partners' French Gourmet Merges with ShellsbyDesign

September 5, 2024

Food & Beverage

Midwest Growth Partners' portfolio company, French Gourmet, has merged with Iowa-based ShellsbyDesign to combine complementary frozen tart shells, RTE desserts and artisanal pastry product lines. The merger is intended to expand product offerings and geographic reach for existing customers and to support continued growth under the MGP-backed platform.

LongueVue Capital Invests Growth Capital in Global Gourmet Food Solutions

June 15, 2023

Food & Beverage

LongueVue Capital, a New Orleans-based growth equity firm, invested growth capital in Global Gourmet Food Solutions to support the company's continued expansion and production capacity growth. Global Gourmet, headquartered in Garland, Texas, is a manufacturer of specialty frozen ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat foods serving retail, food service, distribution, education, and institutional customers nationwide.

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.

AUA-backed Gourmet Culinary Partners Acquires Van-Lang Enterprises

January 16, 2020

Food & Beverage

Gourmet Culinary Partners, a platform backed by AUA Private Equity Partners, has acquired Van-Lang Enterprises, a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of appetizers and hors d'oeuvres based in the Chicago area. The add-on expands Gourmet Culinary Partners' national footprint and adds a 20,000 sq. ft. production facility and self-distribution capabilities in the Midwest to better serve hospitality, catering, airline and retail customers.

AUA-backed Gourmet Culinary Partners Acquires Holiday Foods from Schwan's Company

March 3, 2020

Food & Beverage

AUA Private Equity Partners’ platform Gourmet Culinary Partners has acquired Holiday Foods from Schwan’s Company to expand its national specialty prepared foods footprint. The deal strengthens GCP’s capabilities in appetizers and hors d’oeuvres and supports the platform’s strategy to serve national foodservice and retail accounts.

AUA-backed Gourmet Culinary Holdings Acquires Gourmet Foods

July 31, 2019

Food & Beverage

AUA Private Equity Partners, through its portfolio company Gourmet Culinary Holdings, has acquired Gourmet Foods, Inc., a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of specialty prepared foods serving airline, hospitality, restaurant, catering, retail and corporate campus customers. The deal is the third add-on for the Gourmet Culinary Holdings platform as AUA seeks to expand national footprint and product offerings while partnering with the existing management team.