UpSnack Brands Acquires Pipcorn and Spudsy

Our Home Acquires Pop Secret from Campbell Soup Company

August 26, 2024

Food & Beverage

Our Home, an independent better-for-you snack platform, has acquired the Pop Secret brand from Campbell Soup Company. The deal expands Our Home’s product portfolio into the microwave popcorn category and scales its manufacturing and national footprint; terms were not disclosed.

Barcel USA (Grupo Bimbo) Acquires Popcornopolis from NexPhase Capital

October 29, 2021

Food & Beverage

Barcel USA, the U.S. snack division of Grupo Bimbo, has acquired Popcornopolis LLC from private equity firm NexPhase Capital. Terms were not disclosed; Popcornopolis — a gourmet, ready-to-eat popcorn manufacturer and DTC brand — will join Barcel USA's snack portfolio following NexPhase's 2019 investment and recent retail and e-commerce growth.

The Hershey Company Acquires LesserEvil to Expand Better-For-You Snacking Portfolio

November 20, 2025

Food & Beverage

The Hershey Company has finalized its acquisition of LesserEvil, an organic snacks brand offering popcorn and puffs with better-for-you ingredients. The deal expands Hershey’s snacking portfolio across better-for-you and salty snack categories and adds additional manufacturing capacity while keeping LesserEvil’s leadership team in place.

PepsiCo Acquires poppi

May 19, 2025

Food & Beverage

PepsiCo has closed its acquisition of poppi, the prebiotic soda brand, for $1.95 billion (including $300 million of anticipated cash tax benefits), for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion. The deal also includes a performance-based earnout contingent on achieving certain performance metrics.

MPearlRock Acquires The Good Crisp Company

January 15, 2026

Food & Beverage

MPearlRock has acquired The Good Crisp Company, a clean-label salty snack brand founded by Matt Parry, to expand its better-for-you salty snacks platform. The Good Crisp's products are sold in over 20,000 retail doors across the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K.; financial terms were not disclosed.

J&J Snack Foods Acquires Dippin' Dots for $222 Million

June 21, 2022

Food & Beverage

J&J Snack Foods Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dippin' Dots, L.L.C., a producer of flash-frozen beaded ice cream treats, for $222 million (subject to customary adjustments). The deal was funded with cash and senior debt financing and was expected to close by the end of June 2022; J&J later announced the acquisition closed on June 21, 2022, including the Doc Popcorn business operated by Dippin' Dots.