Ferraro Foods Acquires Botticelli Food Service; Sells Casa Foods Division Back to Fornino Family
October 9, 2024
Ferraro Foods has acquired Botticelli Food Service (including the recently acquired Rudy & Son operation), expanding its distribution footprint and adding hundreds of pizzeria and restaurant customers across the Long Island / tri-state pizza market. Concurrently, Ferraro sold its Casa Foods division in Utica, New York back to the legacy Fornino family, transferring the Utica facility and more than 80 employees to local ownership.
- Buyers
- Ferraro Foods, Fornino family
- Targets
- Botticelli Food Service, Rudy & Son, Casa Foods (Utica facility)
- Sellers
- Botticelli Foods, Ferraro Foods
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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