Pizzeria Uno Frozen Pizza Business Acquired by Great Kitchens Food Co.
Great Kitchens is owned by private-equity firm Brynwood Partners VIII L.P., and it employs more than 800 people in its plants and corporate headquarters in Chicago Heights and Romeoville, Ill. The Uno Foods business joins a Brynwood portfolio that includes Harvest Hill Beverage Company, Carolina Beverage Group, Hometown Food Company, Buitoni Food Company and Great Kitchens Food Company. Uno Foods increases the total Brynwood manufacturing network to 16 facilities, more than 4,500 employees and approximately $2.5 billion in annual sales.
The terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
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Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.