Portfolio

Cascade Coffee

Headquarters: Everett, Washington

Initial Investment: September 2024

About:
Cascade Coffee is a leading manufacturer and value-added supplier of coffee products for select national and regional brands as well as private label store brands. The Company’s capabilities include roasting, grinding, flavoring, and nutraceutical enhancements for a wide array of retail and single serve coffee packaging formats. The Company serves customers and retailers across the US and internationally.

Great Lakes Potato Chips

Headquarters: Traverse City, Michigan

Initial Investment: December 2022

About:
Great Lakes Potato Chips is a leading manufacturer of high-quality, kettle cooked potato chips, with unique flavors and unmatched texture. The Company serves a diverse set of customers, including leading foodservice distributors, grocery stores, and club stores while also selling direct to consumers from its website.

Westminster Bakers

Headquarters: Rutland, Vermont

Initial Investment: November 2009

About:
Westminster Bakers manufactures premium, all-natural oyster crackers and other snack crackers. Its products are served across the country in restaurants and other foodservice establishments and are also sold in retail outlets.

Joseph’s Gourmet Pasta

Headquarters: Haverhill, Massachusetts

Initial Investment: October 2019

Realized Investment: July 2025

About:
Joseph’s Gourmet Pasta is a manufacturer of premium frozen Italian pasta products, specialty sauces and meal solutions. The Company serves a diverse set of customers, including national restaurant chains, foodservice distributors, retailers and industrial accounts.

B-O-F Corporation

Headquarters: Aurora, Illinois

Initial Investment: November 2021

Realized Investment: February 2025

About:
BOF is the leading manufacturer of customized, patented, gravity-flow merchandising solutions for refrigerated food and beverage products. The Company’s suite of shelving products are primarily used in the refrigerated and frozen sections of grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, and pharmacies, and offer proven labor savings, cleaning and restocking efficiencies, and increased sales velocity.

Fresh Origins

Headquarters: San Marcos, California

Initial Investment: April 2018

Realized Investment: December 2022

About:
Fresh Origins is the leading grower of microgreens and edible flowers in North America, primarily serving the foodservice market. The Company offers more than 500 varieties of Microgreens, Petite® Greens, Edible Flowers, Shoots, Tiny Veggies and other specialty products that are used by chefs to enhance dishes and drinks with color and flavor.

Lucy’s

Headquarters: Norfolk, Virginia

Initial Investment: July 2011

Realized Investment: September 2022

About:
Lucy’s manufactures premium quality, gluten-free and allergen-free baked goods. Its products are distributed nationally to independent, natural food, mass market and club warehouse stores.

Gold’s Pure Foods

Headquarters: Hempstead, New York

Initial Investment: August 2017

Realized Investment: February 2021

About:
Gold’s Pure Foods is a leading manufacturer of horseradish products and specialty mustards, cocktail sauces and other condiments and sauces. Gold’s products are known for their outstanding taste, freshness, and consistency.

Eclipse Advantage

Headquarters: Melbourne, Florida

Initial Investment: June 2012

Realized Investment: August 2020

About:
Eclipse Advantage is a leading specialized warehouse labor management company focused on the foodservice and retail end markets. The Company offers warehouse customers in North America services that include in-bound receiving, pallet management and order selection.

Gen3 Marketing

Headquarters: Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Initial Investment: December 2017

Realized Investment: August 2020

About:
Gen3 Marketing is a leading digital marketing agency that provides affiliate marketing services to customers (“advertisers”) by optimizing advertisers’ positioning of their products and services on third party websites. The Company also offers pay-per-click, search engine optimization, social media and other digital marketing services.

DeIorio Foods

Headquarters: Utica, New York

Initial Investment: January 2007

Realized Investment: July 2019

About:
DeIorio Foods manufactures premium frozen dough and other bakery products primarily for foodservice applications. The Company sells both custom formulation private label products and its own long-established foodservice brand under the DeIorio’s name (established 1924).

Brown & Joseph

Headquarters: Itasca, Illinois

Initial Investment: March 2018

Realized Investment: June 2019

About:
Brown and Joseph is a leading provider of commercial accounts receivable management solutions, with a focus on the insurance industry. The Company principally specializes in B2B third-party collection services, but also provides first-party collection services and insurance premium audits.

United American Security

Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina

Initial Investment: April 2010

Realized Investment: March 2018

About:
United American Security is an unarmed security guard services business focused on serving a variety of manufacturing, distribution, retail and commercial office clients.

ChaseDesign

Headquarters: Skaneateles, New York

Initial Investment: November 2007

Realized Investment: July 2012

About:
ChaseDesign provides shopper insight consulting and industrial, package, and retail design services to leading consumer goods companies and major retailers in North America and Europe. The Company’s services are focused on driving sales and market share growth for its clients. 

Violet Packing

Headquarters: Williamstown, New Jersey

Initial Investment: October 2004

Realized Investment: November 2010

About:
Violet Packing manufactures all-natural, fresh-packed tomato-based products under the Don Pepino and Sclafani brand names. Violet’s products are distributed to foodservice and retail accounts primarily on the East Coast.

Advanced H2O

Headquarters: Mercer Island, Washington

Initial Investment: June 2005

Realized Investment: December 2007

About:
Advanced H2O is one of the leading private label bottled water companies in the western United States. The Company bottles both purified and spring water for leading national retailers under the retailers’ own store brands.