Mosaic Flavors Acquires First Coast Flavors

Brookside Flavors & Ingredients Acquires Flavor Advantage

August 1, 2022

Food & Beverage

Brookside Flavors & Ingredients LLC (BFI) has acquired the assets of Flavor Advantage, LLC, a Naples, Florida-based flavor house. Founder Tom Motz will remain with the business, and BFI said the acquisition will expand its sweet-flavor capabilities and customer relationships to accelerate growth using BFI's resources.

ICTS Europe Acquires First Coast Security

November 11, 2024

Professional Services

ICTS Europe has acquired First Coast Security (FCS), a Jacksonville, Florida-based provider of corporate security services. The acquisition establishes FCS as ICTS Europe’s North American corporate security business unit and strengthens the group's presence in the United States; terms were not disclosed.

NovaTaste Acquires McClancy Foods & Flavors

December 10, 2024

Food & Beverage

NovaTaste, a global taste-innovation company headquartered in Austria, has acquired McClancy Foods & Flavors from Dallas-based private equity firm CIC Partners. McClancy will continue to operate under its brand with the existing leadership team (including CEO Stephen Andresen) remaining in place and retaining significant ownership, while gaining access to NovaTaste's international innovation capabilities and distribution network.

Phoenix Flavors and Fragrances Acquires Innovative Fragrances Inc.

April 18, 2022

Consumer Products

Phoenix Flavors and Fragrances has acquired Innovative Fragrances Inc., an Atlanta-area developer and compounder of fragrance compounds serving home fragrance, personal care, candles and air freshener markets. The deal expands Phoenix's geographic footprint in the Southeast United States and strengthens its perfumery, regulatory and technical capabilities.

Florida Food Products Acquires Amelia Bay, LLC

August 10, 2020

Food & Beverage

Florida Food Products (a MidOcean Partners portfolio company) has acquired Amelia Bay, LLC, a Johns Creek, Georgia-based extractor and formulator of brewed tea, coffee extracts and botanicals. The acquisition builds FFP's beverage platform and strengthens its clean-label ingredient capabilities across meat, savory, health & wellness and beverage end-markets.

GrubMarket Acquires Coast Citrus Distributors

June 24, 2025

Food & Beverage

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of San Diego-based Coast Citrus Distributors, a national importer and distributor of tropical produce and specialty vegetables. The deal brings Coast Citrus' national footprint, grower relationships, ripening/packing capabilities and fleet into GrubMarket's technology-enabled food supply chain platform to expand its produce distribution and logistics capabilities across the U.S.