M&A Deal Summary

Solina Acquires Advanced Food Systems

On January 15, 2025, Solina acquired food company Advanced Food Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Solina’s 8th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Solina’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Solina’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-01-15
Target Advanced Food Systems
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Solina
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Advanced Food Systems

Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Advanced Food Systems is a provider of custom dry seasoning solutions for food manufacturers, with expertise in providing customized ingredient systems for a variety of applications including meat and poultry products, frozen foods, sauces, and marinades. Advanced Food Systems was founded in 1982 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey.

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Buyer

Solina

Bréal-Sous-Monfort, France

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Food
Employees2,250
DESCRIPTION

Solina is a European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry. The company serves more than eighteen thousand clients with 2, 250 employees across twenty-seven sites across Europe and Canada. It is exposed to resilient food consumption markets and to secular growth trends fuelled by the shift in food consumption towards more premium and natural ingredients. Solina puts sustainability at the center of its activities by creating healthier food solutions and more sustainable diets as well as by contributing to the development of meat alternatives. Solina was formed in 1988 and is based in Bréal-Sous-Monfort, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 10
Sector: Food M&A 8 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 7
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-04 Saratoga Food Specialties

Eastvale, California, United States

Saratoga Food Specialties is a custom seasoning and sauce manufacturer that creates proprietary solutions for the largest restaurant companies in North America. Saratoga Food Specialties is based in Eastvale, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-02-06 Sokol Custom Food Ingredients

Countryside, Illinois, United States

Sokol is a manufacturer of food ingredients and retail-ready food products for U.S. end markets. It serves a nationwide group of food manufacturers, retail brands, and retail grocers and produces sauces, dressings, marinades, glazes, frostings, pastes, ice cream ribbons and bases, fudge, nut butters, and fillings in bulk, retail, and pouch formats. Sokol was founded in 1895 and is based in Countryside, Illinois.

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