Private equity firm creates premium dessert company

摘要

Private equity firm Superior Capital Partners, L.L.C. has completed its acquisition of Heinz North America's Foodservice Dessert business and renamed it Dianne's Fine Desserts. The new company will provide gourmet frozen, thaw-and-serve desserts to the food service industry and in-store bakeries.The purchase included Dianne's Gourmet Desserts and Alden Merrell Fine Desserts, their manufacturing plants and the 500 employees at their bakeries in Le Center, Minn., and New-buryport, Mass. Other brands in the company's portfolio include Black Tie, and Skooopz.