Rich Products Acquires Signature Breads

Rise Baking Company Acquires Jimmy's Gourmet Bakery

June 18, 2026

Food & Beverage

Rise Baking Company completed its acquisition of Jimmy's Gourmet Bakery, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of cookies and other baked goods. The deal strengthens Rise’s position in the cookie category and expands its manufacturing footprint in the Northeast, adding capacity and innovation capabilities.

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.

Commercial Bakeries Corp. Acquires Imagine Baking, Inc.

May 17, 2024

Food & Beverage

Commercial Bakeries Corp., a portfolio company of Graham Partners, has acquired Imagine Baking, Inc., a Sandusky, Ohio-based maker of specialty crackers, cookies, biscuits and brittle focused on gluten-free, organic and better‑for‑you products. The purchase expands Commercial Bakeries' private‑label and co‑manufacturing capabilities in North America by adding Imagine Baking's 114,000+ sq. ft. production facility, segregated lines and R&D lab.

Graham Partners Acquires Commercial Bakeries Corporation

September 27, 2023

Food & Beverage

Graham Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, has acquired Commercial Bakeries Corporation, a Toronto-headquartered producer of private-label and co-manufactured cookies. The acquisition, sourced through Graham's Investment Theme Program, positions the firm to expand in private-label bakery manufacturing and supports a founder succession/exit from the company's former family owners.

Alliance Data Acquires Bread

October 29, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Alliance Data Systems Corporation agreed to acquire Bread, a technology-driven buy-now-pay-later and digital payments platform, for approximately $450 million (including about $100 million in Alliance Data common stock). The deal, announced Oct. 29, 2020 and expected to close in Q4 2020, adds Bread’s pay-over-time capabilities, roughly 185 employees and 400+ merchant clients to Alliance Data’s payments and marketing suite.

Olympus Partners Acquires Rise Baking Company from Arbor Investments

August 9, 2018

Food & Beverage

Stamford-based private equity firm Olympus Partners has acquired Rise Baking Company, a Minneapolis-headquartered manufacturer of premium cookies, dessert bars, artisan breads, and flatbreads, from Arbor Investments. Rise employs over 1,000 people across six North American facilities; Olympus said it will partner with management to continue organic growth and pursue transformational acquisitions to expand the business.