Rastelli Foods Group Acquires New Jersey Sausage Brand, Production Capacity
Rastelli Foods Group has acquired select assets from C.W. Brown LLC — including the Botto’s Genuine Italian Sausage brand and use of the company’s Mt. Royal, N.J., processing plant — effective Nov. 3, 2025, according to a release shared with Food Processing.
The deal expands Rastelli’s fresh sausage, fully cooked and value-added products portfolio, adding Botto’s-branded fresh sausage, meatballs and case-ready meats to the roster. Ray Rastelli Jr., president of Rastelli Foods Group, celebrated the deal, citing the opportunity to continue the tradition of the Botto’s brand and build off the authenticity and quality that the 138-year-old C.W. Brown business had developed.
Gaining access to the Mt. Royal facility adds production space beyond Rastelli’s home facility in Swedesboro, N.J., where the company processes a wide variety of meat and seafood for retail, foodservice, export and e-commerce channels.
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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.