M&A Deal Summary

Red Apple Cheese Acquires Barron County Cheese

On June 7, 2021, Red Apple Cheese acquired food company Barron County Cheese

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Red Apple Cheese’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Red Apple Cheese’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Red Apple Cheese’s 2nd transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-06-07
Target Barron County Cheese
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Red Apple Cheese
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Katten Muchin Rosenman (Legal)

Target

Barron County Cheese

Barron, Wisconsin, United States
Barron County Cheese is a major smoker and co-packer for the specialty cheese industry. Barron County Cheese is based in Barron, Wisconsin.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Red Apple Cheese

Barron, Wisconsin, United States
Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Red Apple Cheese is an omni-channel market leader in smoked, flavored, and kosher all-natural cheese. With roots in both Wisconsin’s dairyland and New England, Heartisan brings time-honored cheesemaking traditions to each piece of cheese using decades of family experience. Red Apple utilizes a slow, meticulous, cold-smoking process with specially aged apple pulp and hardwood to create the perfect cheese. Red Apple Cheese was founded in 1991 and is based in Barron, Wisconsin.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Food) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 2 of 2
State (Wisconsin) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2021) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-07 Cheese Brothers

Barron, Wisconsin, United States

Cheese Brothers is an innovative eCommerce specialty cheese business. Cheese Brother's mission from the start has been to build a new type of cheese company: one that used Farmer's Markets and festivals to share cheese with people directly. Cheese Brothers is based in Barron, Wisconsin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-09-08 North Country Packaging

Almena, Wisconsin, United States

North Country Packaging provides cheese converting, food packaging, cold storage transportion, custom cheese gift boxes, cheese trays, and private labeling services. North Country Packaging is based in Almena, Wisconsin.

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