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Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. / American Capital Strategies Ltd. (Vacaville, California)

Leading designer, developer, and manufacturer of dispensing solutions for the food service and beverage industry.

Sold to American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (San Francisco, California) and Management.



Barker Company (Keosauqua, Iowa)

A family-owned business is the leading designer and manufacturer of specialty food merchandising fixtures to the supermarket, food service, and convenience store markets.

Sold to strategic buyer Hill PHOENIX, Inc., a subsidiary of Dover Corporation (Conyers, Georgia).



Border Foods, Inc® / Ares Capital Corporation (Deming, New Mexico)

One of the nation's oldest and most established processor of Green Chile, Jalapeño and Tomatillo peppers and enchilada sauces for the ingredient, private label, co-pack, and foodservice end markets.

Sold to strategic buyer Mizkan Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Mizkan Group Corporation (Handa City, Japan).



Brach's Confections, Inc. / Barry Callebaut AG (Dallas, Texas)

One of the most established and well-recognized manufacturers of high-quality branded and private label confectionery products.

Sold to Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. (Round Lake, Minnesota).



Brach's Confections, Inc. / Barry Callebaut AG (Dallas, Texas)

One of the most established and well-recognized manufacturers of high-quality branded and private label confectionery products.

Sold to Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. (Round Lake, Minnesota).



Country Pure Foods / First Atlantic Capital and DN Partners (Akron, Ohio)

One of the largest independent producers and distributors of premium quality juices in the United States.

Sold to Mistral Equity Partners (New York, New York).



Dunn Paper / Meriturn Partners (Port Huron, Michigan)

A leading manufacturer of specialty papers for the foodservice, flexible packaging, label and release, and specialty bag markets worldwide.

Sold to Wingate Partners (Dallas, Texas).



Eatem Foods Corporation (Vineland, New Jersey)

A leading manufacturer of innovative and healthy savory flavor systems for the industrial food trade.

Sold to Linsalata Capital Partners (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).



Hickory Farms, Inc. / Jupiter Partners LLC (Maumee, Ohio)

One of the premier specialty food retailers in the United States offering one of the industry's broadest lines of branded specialty food products and food gifts with over 800 stock-keeping units (SKUs).

Sold to an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners (Boca Raton, Florida).



Idaho Pacific Holdings, Inc. / Otter Tail Corporation (Rigby, Idaho)

Leading manufacturer of dehydrated potato products for the use of ingredients in the industrial food and baking industries as well as a full line of dehydrated potato products for the foodservice industry.

Sold to Novacap Investments, Inc. (Quebec, Canada).



New Star Holdings International, Inc. / Weston Presidio and Beechtree Capital Partners, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri)

Manufacturer of commercial food service equipment with three industry leading brands: Star, Holman, and Lang.

Sold to The Middleby Corporation (Rolling Meadows, Illinois).



PAAS / Schering-Plough Corporation (Madison, New Jersey)

Leading manufacturer and marketer of Easter egg decorating kits.

Sold to Signature Brands, Inc. (Ocala, Florida).


Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. / Blue Point Capital Partners (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa)

A leading provider of outsourced cleaning and sanitation services for the food processing industry.

Sold to Harvest Partners (New York, New York).



Peacock Engineering Company, LLC / Behrman Capital (Geneva, Illinois)

Provider of contract packaging services to the nation’s leading consumer product food companies, including Annie’s Organic, ConAgra Foods, General Mills, Gerber, Kellogg’s, Kraft, Land O’Lakes, Nestle, Sara Lee, Tootsie Roll, Unilever and Wrigley.

Sold to Charlesbank Capital Partners (Boston, Massachusetts).


Smyth Companies (St. Paul, Minnesota)

A 4th generation family-held business and a leading provider of primary packaging labels and related equipment and services to the food and beverage, health and beauty, and household chemical markets.

Partnered with Novacap (Quebec, Canada).



Ukrop's Super Markets, Inc. (Richmond, Virginia)

A family-owned and operated grocery store chain located in central Virginia.

Sold to Giant-Carlisle, a division of Royal Ahold (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).



Vitex Packaging Group, Inc. / The Riverside Company (Suffolk, Virginia)

Manufacturer of specialty flexible packaging for the food and medical product industries.

Sold to Kirtland Capital Partners (Cleveland, Ohio).


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