What started as a small, local meat processor by Charles A. Boylan in 1933 has developed into a growing enterprise that services retail, foodservice and convenience store customers primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The retail point-of-sale (POS) systems provider was recently acquired by Tampa-based private equity firm Mangrove Equity Partners, an investment firm focused on small-to-mid-sized businesses, many of which began as entrepreneur-driven enterprises.

The senior leadership team at Threads Uniform Agency includes (l-r) Jeff Pierce, chief information officer; Stefanie Rogers, VP-sales and marketing; Irina Howard, chief financial officer; Jeff Ukrop, president and CEO.

During its 130-year history, the privately-held company has always had a progressive approach to management succession, maintaining a practice where a new leadership team was prepared to take over once the previous ownership group was ready to step back and let the new leadership team lead the company into the…

The partnership between Harry Meyers and the well-known manufacturer of premium foodservice equipment has lasted 37 years and continues to grow.

When Enrico Piraino took the helm of the newly renamed DePalo Foods, he brought in the next generation of family members to learn the business he hopes they will run in the future.

A former defense contractor talks about how his entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for clean living led to the formation of his international plant-based milks company.

Mark Resnick is serious about selling high quality supermarket equipment. And after building his own ice processing and distribution business in Richmond, VA - City Ice –nearly 30 years ago, he’s returned to the family business that his older brother Bill Resnick founded more than 40 years ago. That business,…

Last month Utz Quality Foods, the Hanover, PA-based snack food company, acquired Conagra’s DSD snack business. For the CPG giant, the sale of brands such as Snyder of Berlin, Tim’s Cascade snacks and Hawaiian Brand snacks comprised less than one percent of its corporate portfolio. For Utz, the purchase provided…

Crest Hill Bakery, the fast-growing artisan maker based in Glenn Dale, MD, has crafted a formula for success: produce high quality European hearth baked breads and sell them to retail and wholesale customers as private label items. “It allows our customers to have flexibility on how they market our products,”…

Specialty Produce Distributor Develops Niche, Continues To Grow 100 Years Later

Over the past 12 years, Tops Friendly Markets, a strong presence in the Western New York market since its founding in 1962, has experienced some challenging times. The regional chain was acquired by Morgan Stanley Private Equity in 2007, then sold back to a management group led by CEO Frank…

A Maryland company – BioEnergy DevCo (BDC) – said it has found a sustainable solution to handling organic waste and plans to build the regions first anaerobic digestion facility that will allow up to 100,000 tons of organic waste to be sustainably processed.   “BDC is a rare company that can simultaneously improve the…

Jessup, MD facility seeks to revitalize its seafood center and develop space to engender entrepreneurialism.