“The Kainos team helped us grow our footprint, adding four new centers and expanding into key markets, including New England and Florida,” Giammarino said. Michael Giammarino, chief executive officer of Ferraro Foods, said the company’s decision to partner with Kainos three years ago “was the right choice.”

“We and the team sourced and integrated seven proprietary add-ons of other founder-owned specialty distributors, which resulted in exceptional growth during our investment.” “We believed Ferraro Foods could play a unique role as the consolidator in the highly fragmented Italian specialty distribution segment along the eastern seaboard and Michael, with the Ferraro management team that we helped assemble around him, executed brilliantly. “Our interest in Ferraro Foods was driven by our thematic-based approach to investing in the food industry and our experience partnering with founder owned businesses,” said Andrew Rosen, managing partner of Kainos. Supplier partners include General Mills, Inc., Tyson Foods, Inc., Sweet Streets Desserts and David’s Cookies.

The company’s brands include Papa Moozzi, Country Brand, Marino, Marino Soda Syrups, Mama Cucina, Napoli, Il Boun Sapore, Buonsanto, Antica Corte, Steer Ridge Platinum, Spring Red Harvest and many others.

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