UpSnack Brands Acquires Pipcorn and Spudsy

Our Home Acquires Pop Secret from Campbell Soup Company

August 26, 2024

Food & Beverage

Our Home, an independent better-for-you snack platform, has acquired the Pop Secret brand from Campbell Soup Company. The deal expands Our Home’s product portfolio into the microwave popcorn category and scales its manufacturing and national footprint; terms were not disclosed.

J&J Snack Foods Acquires Dippin' Dots for $222M

June 21, 2022

Food & Beverage

J&J Snack Foods Corp. agreed to acquire Dippin' Dots, L.L.C. (including the Doc Popcorn business) for $222 million, a transaction funded with cash and senior debt and expected to close in June 2022. The acquisition expands J&J's frozen novelty portfolio and production/distribution capacity, and closed on June 21, 2022.

Barcel USA (Grupo Bimbo) Acquires Popcornopolis from NexPhase Capital

October 29, 2021

Food & Beverage

Barcel USA, the U.S. snack division of Grupo Bimbo, has acquired Popcornopolis LLC from private equity firm NexPhase Capital. Terms were not disclosed; Popcornopolis — a gourmet, ready-to-eat popcorn manufacturer and DTC brand — will join Barcel USA's snack portfolio following NexPhase's 2019 investment and recent retail and e-commerce growth.

PepsiCo Acquires poppi

May 19, 2025

Food & Beverage

PepsiCo has completed the acquisition of poppi, an Austin-based prebiotic soda brand, for $1.95 billion (including $300 million of anticipated cash tax benefits for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion), with a performance-based earnout. The deal is intended to accelerate PepsiCo's portfolio transformation into functional and better-for-you beverages and to scale poppi's rapid consumer growth and digital engagement.

MPearlRock Acquires The Good Crisp Company

January 15, 2026

Food & Beverage

MPearlRock has acquired The Good Crisp Company, a clean-label salty snack brand founded by Matt Parry, to expand its better-for-you salty snacks platform. The Good Crisp's products are sold in over 20,000 retail doors across the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K.; financial terms were not disclosed.

Utz Brands Acquires Clem Snacks and J&D Snacks

January 24, 2022

Food & Beverage

Utz Brands, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement for its subsidiaries to acquire the assets of two New York direct store delivery (DSD) distributors: Clem Snacks, Inc. (a Clem Companies subsidiary) and J&D Snacks, Inc. The purchases add approximately 125 DSD routes across New York City and Long Island, intended to accelerate Utz's share gains and expand its distribution and retailer support in the region; the transactions are expected to close in Q1 2022 with financial terms undisclosed.