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We acquire and grow great food service businesses

What We’re Looking For…

Platform acquisitions are >3mm of EBITDA.  No minimums for accretive acquisitions.
Our primary focus is companies in the food & beverage space. We are interested in QSR, Manufacturing, Catering, Services, & Food Service Contracting opportunities.

Typically we like to see business that have at least 15 years under their belt, with 5 years of steady profitability.

We prefer to partner with motivated owners seeking a liquidity event for their business.  Our goal is to help these operators have an opportunity to capitalize on the wealth they have spent a lifetime working towards, while also creating a path of succession for their business.

All opportunities are specific to the Unites States only. More specifically, ideal partners are located on the eastern seaboard.

Ideally, our partners have a layer of management to help with the initial transition and subsequently stay on post-acquisition to help scale the company.

…talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.

PATRICK SÜSKIND

Premium Natural Food Holdings is a specialized vehicle investing specifically in food & beverage brokerages in North America.

Phone Number
(203) 942-6955

Executive team

TJ Singh
MANAGING PARTNER
TJ has an extensive background as a sector specialist within food & beverage space. His experience covers all aspects of an organization including finance, operations, sales and business development.

Most he was recently the Director of Sales at Red Rabbit, a contract manufacturer providing meals to the education sector in NYC. In this role he was responsible for all of the firm’s expansion strategy and go-to-market execution. He retains an intimate knowledge of both contracted food services as well as government procurement
Ricky Jagota
PARTNER
Ricky is an entrepreneur with extensive reach in the Food & Beverage space. He has over a decade of deal & consulting experience to Fortune 1000 companies and trusted partner to small and mediums size companies in the F&B space.

During his time at Booz & Co, he advised on >$20B of consummated deals and created >$2B of projected value for clients, and spearheaded transformational work across nearly all major F&B categories (frozen, snacking, meals, condiments, meat, and soft drinks) and channels (grocery, natural, club, foodservice, etc.)
Jeff Nelson
BOARD MEMBER
Jeff Nelson’s professional career in the food brokerage business spans over forty years. He brings unparalleled experience and relationships to the natural/specialty space.

Jeff joined Co-Sales as a VP in 1990, and over the next 28 years held a variety of roles (including CEO & COO) as he led the company in a sale to the Impact Group in 2018. At Impact, he retained the role of Chief Sales Officer, and successfully positioned the company for a merger with Acosta Sales & Marketing in 2021.
Chandra McCormack
BOARD MEMBER
Qualified as a “financial expert,” Chandra is a global growth strategist, professionalizing and readying public and private equity-owned companies for sale over a 30-year career, including in CPG and FoodBroker/Foodservice sectors.

Most recently, she held CFO positions ad Greyhound and Acosta Sales & Marketing. At Acosta, she oversaw the sale of 3 companies as CFO and led all facets of M&A over four transactions. During her time Acosta witnessed +200 bps margin of growth.
Mike Stern
BOARD MEMBER
Mike Stern brings 25 years of experience at CocaCola, as well as a senior role at Advantage Soultions, a premier food broker.

At Advantage Solutions, he ledLed 700+ member team responsible for HQ Sales across Value, Dollar, Convenience, Pet Specialty, Inside Sales, Wholesalers, Independents and Military Exchanges and Commissaries with ~$8 billion retail sales.

At Coca-Cola, he was a Group Vice President for foodservice and on-prem solutions. In that role led a cross-functional team delivering $150MM in revenue annually.
Stu Wolff
BOARD MEMBER
Stu Wolff is a seasoned entrepreneur, certified EOS implementer, Business Coach and Tiger 21 Chair-Detroit.

He was the CEO of the Wolff Group, a sales & marketing agency specializing in foodservice brokerage. Wolff from 42 employees managing $140M in sales to 165 employees managing over $1 Billion in sales; completed eleven strategic acquisitions during a five-year period to create one regional agency covering a ten state Midwest Region. Wolff merged successfully with Acosta Sales & Marketing in 2013.