Starco Brands Acquires Custom Bakehouse
July 15, 2026
Starco Brands completed its acquisition of Custom Bakehouse on July 15, 2026, adding a new powdered foods and baking mixes manufacturing platform with an expected incremental approximately $20 million in annual revenue. The deal strengthens Starco’s vertically integrated consumer products value chain by expanding manufacturing capabilities, private-label capacity, and brand portfolio relationships (including Sticky Fingers and licensed Marie Callender’s mixes).
- Buyers
- Starco Brands, Inc., Pasadena Private Lending
- Targets
- Custom Bakehouse
- Sellers
- Craig Hallum (represented the seller)
- Platforms
- Starco Manufacturing
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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