Food & Beverage Acquisitions in Maryland

Odeko has acquired District Distribution, a specialty food and beverage distributor serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, broadening Odeko's Mid‑Atlantic presence and local product assortment. Alongside the acquisition, Odeko entered a partnership with Union Kitchen to source and scale emerging local food and beverage brands across Odeko's national network.

Elkridge-based Saval Foods, LLC has acquired Pastore's Italian Wholesale Distributor, bringing the longtime Baltimore wholesaler and its Sun of Italy brand into the Saval family. The acquisition is intended to expand Saval's Italian product portfolio and grow the Sun of Italy brand across retail and foodservice while preserving Pastore's legacy and integrating key Pastore staff into Saval.

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.

Italian spirits group Illva Saronno Holding S.p.A. has purchased a majority stake in Baltimore-based Sagamore Spirit, the rye whiskey brand and distillery owned by Sagamore Ventures (the family office of Kevin Plank). The deal expands Illva Saronno's U.S. presence and whiskey portfolio while preserving Sagamore Spirit's Maryland-based operations and enabling further market expansion.

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHEF) has acquired substantially all of the assets of CGC Holdings, Inc., dba Capital Seaboard, a specialty produce and seafood distributor based in Jessup, Maryland. The acquisition expands The Chefs' Warehouse’s specialty produce and seafood capabilities and strengthens its presence in the Mid-Atlantic market.

FoodPrep Solutions, a TriSpan-backed cutlery exchange and foodservice equipment platform, has acquired Vidi Cutlery, a regional cutlery exchange and knife-sharpening business serving the greater Baltimore–Washington DC and central/northern Virginia markets. The deal expands FoodPrep Solutions' footprint in the mid-Atlantic and brings Vidi's leadership into the FoodPrep organization; financial terms were not disclosed.

South Mill Champs (SMC), a leading vertically-integrated mushroom grower based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, has acquired The Mushroom Company, a long-established mushroom processor headquartered in Cambridge, Maryland. The acquisition expands SMC's processing capabilities (IQF, canning, blanching, blending, roasting) and capacity to better serve foodservice and industrial customers across North America.

The Coastal Companies (Laurel, Maryland) acquired Lancaster Foods (Jessup, Maryland) from Guest Services, Inc., combining Lancaster's retail produce distribution and fresh‑cut/ready‑to‑eat capabilities with Coastal's East Coast produce distribution, processing and cold‑storage network. Lancaster Foods will continue to operate under its brand from its Jessup facility, with John Gates remaining as President and joining The Coastal Companies' leadership team.

San Francisco-based private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital completed an investment in Murry's, Inc., a family-owned frozen French toast manufacturer based in Greenbelt, Maryland. The partnership will support Murry's next phase of growth, leveraging Encore's experience in consumer packaged foods and private-label channels.

FoodChain ID, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, has acquired Decernis, a provider of regulatory intelligence, compliance and risk-management technology for food, consumer and chemical sectors. The deal expands FoodChain ID’s technology-enabled compliance, supply-chain and claim-verification capabilities and adds scale to its U.S. business while broadening its global regulatory content and analytics offerings.

Roland Foods, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, has acquired Albert Uster Imports (AUI). Terms were not disclosed; the deal expands Roland Foods' specialty product portfolio—particularly in pastry, confectionery and frozen/refrigerated categories—and increases its presence in foodservice, retail and industrial channels.