Violet Foods

Violet Foods, the US-based tomato products manufacturer backed by private equity firm Amphora Equity Partners, has acquired the organic tomato brand Muir Glen from General Mills for an undisclosed sum. The transaction sees General Mills divest the 35-year-old brand as part of its ongoing portfolio reshaping strategy, which recently included the $2.1 billion sale of its North American yogurt business. For Violet Foods, the acquisition adds a nationally distributed organic …

B&G Foods, the US-based ambient and frozen foods firm, has announced that it has sold its Don Pepino and Sclafani brands of  sauces and canned tomatoes to Violet Foods, a newly formed portfolio company of equity fund Amphora Equity Partners. In 2010, B&G acquired Sclafani, Don Pepino and Violet through its purchase of Violet Packing from LaSalle Capital, including the brand and a facility in Williamstown (NJ) facility. Sclafani offers …