Brynwood Companions VIII L.P. has finalized the sale of Nice Kitchens Meals Firm to Wealthy Merchandise Company. The transaction closed just lately, based on a press release launched by Brynwood Companions. Monetary phrases and extra situations of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
Nice Kitchens Meals Firm, headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois, operates three manufacturing amenities situated in Romeoville, Chicago Heights, Illinois, and Brockton, Massachusetts. The corporate produces private-label and branded take-and-bake pizzas, flatbreads, strombolis, and calzones. Its merchandise are distributed nationally by grocery shops, wholesale golf equipment, foodservice retailers, and e-commerce channels.
Brynwood Companions VIII L.P. shaped Nice Kitchens in December 2020 by the acquisition of ARYZTA North America’s take-and-bake pizza and flatbread enterprise. In February 2023, Nice Kitchens expanded its operations by buying the Uno Meals Division of Uno Restaurant Holdings Company, which included the manufacturing and advertising of Pizzeria Uno Chicago deep-dish pizza, stromboli, and calzones.
Nice Kitchens employs greater than 1,000 staff throughout its three amenities. The Romeoville facility serves as the corporate’s headquarters and homes a 155,000-square-foot toppings operation. The Chicago Heights location operates a 165,000-square-foot crust facility, whereas the Brockton website is a 35,000-square-foot facility targeted on Uno frozen merchandise.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served because the monetary advisor to Nice Kitchens for the transaction, and Winston & Strawn LLP supplied authorized counsel.
The sale of Nice Kitchens is a part of a sequence of transactions accomplished by Brynwood Companions over a nine-month interval, which additionally included the sale of Harvest Hill Beverage Firm in Might 2025 and the acquisition of Hometown Meals Firm and the Chef Boyardee model. Brynwood Companions is presently investing from its Brynwood IX fund, established in 2023.
Following the divestiture, Brynwood Companions’ portfolio consists of Carolina Beverage Group, Hometown Meals Firm, West Madison Meals, and Miracapo Pizza Firm. The agency’s portfolio corporations collectively function 11 manufacturing amenities and make use of greater than 3,300 individuals.
Wealthy Merchandise Company is a world meals enterprise with annual gross sales of $6 billion and operations in over 100 nations. The acquisition of Nice Kitchens expands Wealthy Merchandise Company’s presence within the personal label and branded pizza and flatbread market segments.
