Cal‑Maine Foods Acquires Echo Lake Foods for ~$258M

Cal-Maine Foods to Acquire Egg Production Assets of Fassio Egg Farms

September 28, 2023

Food & Beverage

Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all commercial shell-egg production and processing assets of Fassio Egg Farms, including facilities in Erda, Utah with capacity of ~1.2 million laying hens. The asset purchase expands Cal‑Maine’s cage‑free production capacity and market presence in Utah and the western United States; the deal is expected to close in the coming weeks subject to customary conditions.

Cal-Maine Foods Acquires ISE America Inc. for $110M

July 2, 2024

Food & Beverage

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has acquired virtually all assets of Galena, Maryland–based ISE America Inc. for approximately $110 million in cash. The deal adds ISE’s commercial shell-egg production and processing capacity (about 4.7 million laying hens, including 1 million cage-free), feed mills, roughly 4,000 acres, pullets, inventories and an egg-products breaking facility, expanding Cal‑Maine’s footprint into the Northeast and Mid‑Atlantic.

Cal-Maine Foods Acquires Tyson Foods' Dexter, Missouri Poultry Facilities

January 2, 2024

Food & Beverage

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is acquiring a broiler processing plant, hatchery and feed mill in Dexter, Missouri from Tyson Foods, Inc.; terms were not disclosed. Cal-Maine plans to convert the facilities to egg production and grading operations to expand its geographic footprint and production capacity in Missouri and surrounding markets.

Cal Marine Fish Company Acquires Assets of Monterey Fish Company

August 6, 2024

Food & Beverage

Cal Marine Fish Company, LLC, backed by parent Inter Oceanic Holdings, LLC, acquired the assets of Monterey Fish Company, Inc. Plethora Businesses served as exclusive sell-side advisor; the deal expands Cal Marine's harvesting, processing and packing capabilities and strengthens its market presence in the California seafood industry.

C-A-L Ranch Stores and Coastal Farm & Home Merge; Nolan Capital Retains Majority Stake

March 3, 2023

Retail

C-A-L Ranch Stores and Coastal Farm & Home have entered a definitive merger to create a combined farm & ranch retail platform operating 54 stores across six Western U.S. states with over 2,200 associates. Nolan Capital — the majority partner of Coastal — will retain a majority stake in the combined business; Tom Yearsley (CEO of C-A-L) will lead the combined company and Larry Hayward (Del Mar Ventures) will serve as non-executive chairman.

Calabrio Acquires Echo AI

December 11, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

Calabrio has acquired Echo AI, a generative AI-native conversation intelligence platform, to integrate real-time generative-AI conversation insights into its Calabrio ONE suite. The acquisition strengthens Calabrio's AI capabilities for contact centers—improving automated quality management, agent coaching, and CX intelligence across omnichannel interactions.