CORE Foodservice (Acosta) Acquires TTS Marketing & Sales Ltd.

CORE Foodservice Acquires The Culinary Edge

May 7, 2024

Food & Beverage

CORE Foodservice, part of the Acosta Group agency collective, has acquired The Culinary Edge (TCE), a U.S.-based food and beverage innovation consultancy. The deal expands CORE's capabilities in menu and concept development and strengthens its connectivity with chain restaurant clients across North America.

Training The Street Acquires The Marquee Group

April 5, 2023

Education

Training The Street (TTS), a PE-backed provider of financial training, acquired The Marquee Group, a Canadian financial modeling and data-science training firm. The add-on, financed by TTS sponsor Falfurrias Capital Partners, expands TTS's course offerings (Python, Tableau, Power BI, VBA) and broadens its global teaching footprint while retaining The Marquee Group's brand and instructors.

Acosta Acquires Premium Retail Services

November 16, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Acosta has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Premium Retail Services, a provider of tech-enabled retail merchandising, in-store sales and training, and retail analytics. The acquisition expands Acosta's omnichannel capabilities and presence in consumer electronics and drug channels and adds more than 9,000 Premium employees to Acosta's workforce.

Acosta Acquires Impact Group from CI Capital Partners

June 24, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Acosta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Impact Group, a national sales and marketing agency serving natural, specialty, ethnic and emerging consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The sale by CI Capital Partners follows a period of buy-and-build growth during which Impact Group completed 12 add-on acquisitions; CI Capital will retain Impact's Cluep digital advertising business unit. The transaction was announced June 24, 2021 and expected to close in July 2021, pending customary approvals.

Gordon Food Service Acquires Macgregors Meat & Seafood Ltd.

February 11, 2022

Food & Beverage

Gordon Food Service has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Macgregors Meat & Seafood Ltd., a long-standing family-owned Canadian meat and seafood supplier based in Toronto. The acquisition will expand Gordon Food Service's product offerings and retail/customer reach across Canada; Macgregors will operate as a Specialty Company of Gordon Food Service following regulatory approval.

CFS Brands Acquires Cornerstone Foodservice Group

December 4, 2025

Manufacturing

CFS Brands, the Oklahoma City–based foodservice products manufacturer, has acquired Cornerstone Foodservice Group (CFG), the Naperville, Illinois–headquartered owner of Spring USA, LloydPans, Equipex, Astra and Versa‑Gard. The deal brings CFG’s manufacturing footprint and complementary commercial foodservice equipment brands into CFS Brands’ portfolio to broaden product capabilities and deepen its front- and back-of-house offering.