FreshEdge (Wind Point-backed) Acquires Western Sky Produce

FreshEdge Acquires Frontier Produce

July 25, 2024

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners-backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Frontier Produce, a three-facility fresh produce distributor based in Oklahoma. The add-on expands FreshEdge's geographic footprint westward (complementing its KT Produce acquisition) and adds capacity to better serve restaurants, hotels, school systems and other foodservice customers across Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.

Wind Point Partners Acquires FreshEdge

October 4, 2022

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired FreshEdge, a leading independent fresh food distributor, from Rotunda Capital Partners. FreshEdge’s existing management team will remain in place and Wind Point will provide capital to expand fresh-cut processing capabilities, warehouse space, infrastructure and pursue strategic acquisitions to grow density across the Midwest and Southeast.

FreshEdge (Wind Point-backed) Acquires Greenberg Fruit Company

November 2, 2023

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners–backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Greenberg Fruit Company, a specialty produce distributor headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The deal expands FreshEdge's Midwest footprint westward, strengthening its supply chain and fresh-cut processing capabilities to better serve foodservice and retail customers in Nebraska and western Iowa.

FreshEdge (Wind Point Partners) Acquires Kimball & Thompson Produce (KT Produce)

December 14, 2023

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners–backed super-regional fresh food distributor, acquired Kimball & Thompson Produce Company (KT Produce), a fresh produce distributor headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas. The add-on expands FreshEdge's footprint in the Southern U.S., strengthens its supply chain and adds approximately 40,000 square feet of warehouse capacity across Lowell and Arkansas/Oklahoma locations.

FreshEdge (Wind Point-backed) Acquires Sirna & Sons Produce

July 25, 2023

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners‑backed family of fresh food distribution companies, acquired Sirna & Sons Produce (including its Christine's Cuts fresh‑cut processing operation), adding two Ohio facilities in Ravenna and Norwalk. The deal—FreshEdge's third acquisition under Wind Point's ownership—expands FreshEdge's Midwest footprint and increases warehousing and fresh‑cut processing capacity; terms were not disclosed and the Sirna family will remain involved in operations.

FreshEdge Acquires Panama Banana

May 23, 2023

Food & Beverage

FreshEdge, a Wind Point Partners-backed super-regional fresh food distributor, has acquired Panama Banana, a long-standing wholesaler and distributor of fine produce based in the Chicago International Produce Market. The deal expands FreshEdge's Midwest footprint—particularly in Chicago—and adds warehousing capacity and value‑added ripening and cold‑chain capabilities to better serve combined retail and foodservice customers.