Revolution Foods Acquires Ardella’s, Both School Suppliers
Two California school meal suppliers are combining. Revolution Foods, which claims to be California’s largest K-12 school meal provider, on Aug. 21 announced the acquisition of Ardella’s, a family-owned food manufacturer that provides pizzas and burritos to schools. Price was not disclosed.
Founded in 1975 as a chain of Southern California pizzerias, Ardella’s began supplying schools with pizzas and related items. Since 2005, Ardella’s has operated a production facility in Carson, Calif., with individually quick-frozen (IQF) capabilities, which Revolution will continue to operate.
Revolution Foods was founded by two moms in 2006. It’s a Certified B Corporation serving more than 35 million meals annually, recently expanding into providing meals to seniors and other foodservice avenues.
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