Brynwood Partners' Great Kitchens Acquires ARYZTA North America's Take-and-Bake Pizza Business

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.

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.

Lindsay Goldberg Acquires ARYZTA North America

March 12, 2021

Food & Beverage

Affiliates of private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ARYZTA North America (ANA) from ARYZTA AG. ANA is a leading B2B supplier of frozen baked goods in the U.S. and Canada — operating 15 production facilities, employing over 4,000 people and selling branded and private-label products including Otis Spunkmeyer, La Brea Bakery, and Oakrun Farm Bakery.

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.

Brynwood Partners Acquires Miracapo Pizza Company

September 3, 2024

Food & Beverage

Brynwood Partners IX L.P. has acquired Miracapo Pizza Company LLC from an affiliate of CC Industries, Inc. The deal includes Miracapo’s three Chicagoland manufacturing facilities and approximately 385 employees; terms were not disclosed. Brynwood said the acquisition expands its pizza manufacturing footprint and commercial capabilities in the private-label and frozen pizza retail channel.

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.