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L Catterton Acquires Kodiak Cakes

May 25, 2021

Food & Beverage

L Catterton, the global consumer-focused private equity firm, has acquired Kodiak Cakes, a Park City, Utah–based better-for-you food brand known for whole-grain pancake/waffle mixes, frozen breakfast products, oatmeal and snacks. Existing shareholders — including Sunrise Strategic Partners, Trilantic North America, and the company's founders and management — retain a meaningful minority stake; terms were not disclosed.

Harwood Private Equity Acquires Crest Foods

February 20, 2024

Food & Beverage

Harwood Private Equity has acquired Crest Foods, a US-based provider of dairy stabilizers, contract packaging, and private-label dry food manufacturing. Terms were not disclosed; Brown Gibbons Lang & Company served as financial advisor and facilitated a sale-leaseback of Crest's 575,000-square-foot Ashton, Illinois facility via TPG Angelo Gordon's Net Lease business. Harwood said the acquisition will support Crest Foods’ next phase of growth.

Brentwood Associates Takes Minority Stake in Snooze

December 17, 2020

Restaurants & Hospitality

Brentwood Associates has made a strategic minority investment in Snooze, the Denver-based breakfast and brunch restaurant chain, joining existing investors Stripes and Alliance Consumer Growth. The undisclosed deal adds Brentwood partner Rahul Aggarwal to Snooze's board and aims to fund nationwide expansion of the 44-unit concept.

Daybreak Foods Acquires Konos, Inc. (Vande Bunte Eggs)

August 19, 2022

Food & Beverage

Daybreak Foods, a family-owned shell-and-liquid-egg producer, has acquired substantially all assets of Konos, Inc. (d.b.a. Vande Bunte Eggs). The acquisition secures additional cage-free, free-range, and organic shell-egg supply and supports Daybreak's continued growth and cage-free conversion opportunities; the Vande Bunte family will retire as part of the transaction.

CookUnity Acquires Fraîche

May 14, 2025

Food & Beverage

CookUnity has acquired Fraîche, a New York City–based smart-fridge platform that provides chef-crafted meals and curated snacks to office workplaces. The deal expands CookUnity's distribution into the workplace, giving employees 24/7 access to chef-prepared meals and enabling CookUnity to scale its chef-led offering into office locations.

Hometown Food Company (Brynwood Partners) Acquires Birch Benders from Sovos Brands

January 9, 2023

Food & Beverage

Hometown Food Company, a Brynwood Partners-controlled platform, has acquired Birch Benders from Sovos Brands. The deal adds the better-for-you pancake, waffle and baking mixes brand to Hometown Food Company's portfolio to expand its footprint in the breakfast and baking categories; terms were not disclosed.