Middleby

The Middleby Corporation is a prominent global player in the foodservice and food processing equipment industry, based in Elgin, Illinois. Founded in 1888, the company specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of a wide range of equipment for commercial restaurants, institutional kitchens, and food processing operations. Its operations are organized into three main segments: the Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group, which produces cooking equipment; the Food Processing Equipment Group, focused on food preparation, cooking, packaging, and food safety equipment; and the Residential Kitchen Equipment Group, which offers premium kitchen appliances for home use. Middleby has garnered several accolades, including recognition as one of Forbes' Best Small Companies and Fortune's Fastest Growing Companies, reflecting its significant impact and growth within the industry.

Gordon O'Brien

Chairman and Board Member

Past deals in Catering

Leslie

Seed Round in 2021
Leslie provides hospitality industry players across the UK with a simplified and efficient way to order, tip and pay. The company’s technology, accessible to the end-user via a QR code, with no app download required, delivers an easy customer experience and checkout process, enabling customers to pay for food and drink via their smartphone instantly.

Welbilt

Acquisition in 2021
Welbilt provides the world’s top chefs, and premier chain operators or growing independents with industry-leading equipment and solutions. Our cutting-edge designs and lean manufacturing tactics are powered by deep knowledge, operator insights, and culinary expertise. All of our products are backed by KitchenCare® – our aftermarket, repair, and parts service.
United Foodservice Equipment Group specializes in the design, manufacture, and supply of commercial foodservice equipment. Based in Zhuhai, China, the company operates factories that produce quality equipment for the global market. As a subsidiary of The Middleby Corporation, United Foodservice Equipment Group is positioned to leverage its resources and expertise to meet the needs of the foodservice industry.

Wild Goose Filling

Acquisition in 2020
Wild Goose Filling is a leading manufacturer of filling and canning systems specifically tailored for craft beverage producers. The company specializes in designing innovative solutions that enhance the quality and integrity of beverage packaging, while also minimizing installation, setup, and training costs for its customers. Wild Goose Filling has pioneered advanced canning processes that significantly reduce dissolved oxygen levels in beverages, contributing to the emergence of the mobile canning industry. Their expertise extends to a variety of liquid products, including alcohol, juice, tea, and water, making them a vital partner for bartenders and bar owners seeking reliable and efficient packaging systems.

Crown Food Service Equipment Ltd.

Acquisition in 2018
Crown Food Service Equipment Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of steam cooking equipment for the commercial foodservice industry.

The Taylor Company

Acquisition in 2018
The Taylor Co. is a worldwide manufacturer of foodservice equipment. When it comes to the success of your business, turn to the Taylor Company, an industry leader in foodservice equipment. They manufacture technologically innovative and versatile foodservice equipment, and back them with highly knowledgeable teams of support experts. Ours is a brand that is respected and trusted worldwide. And with a commitment to building strong and lasting relationships, we can help fuel your operation’s growth and profitability.

Hinds-Bock

Acquisition in 2018
The Hinds-Bock company is a leading manufacturer of bakery and food product filling and deposit solutions, an important part of the modern bakery and food processing chain. Hinds-Bock has been a pioneer in filling and depositing technology for decades, serving commercial baking, food processing, and other specialty fields

Globe Food Equipment

Acquisition in 2017
Globe Food Equipment is a manufacturer specializing in food preparation equipment for the commercial food service and food retail industries. The company provides a diverse range of products, including spiral dough mixers, slicers, gas and electric cooking equipment, blenders, and countertop cooking and warming equipment. Globe emphasizes the importance of both its products and customer relationships, striving to improve design, warranties, and service costs while ensuring exceptional pricing, value, and on-time deliveries. This commitment positions Globe as a competitive player in the food equipment market, focusing on quality and customer satisfaction.

Goldstein Eswood

Acquisition in 2014
Goldstein Eswood Commercial Cooking Pty Ltd. manufactures and sells commercial kitchen and food service equipment in Australia. It offers barbeques, pans, char broilers, wok cookers, cook tops, fryers, pasta cookers, griddles, salamanders, ranges, static ovens, fan forced ovens, convection ovens, target tops, teppanyaki plates, stock pot tables, combi steamers, automated cooking centers, pizza ovens, rethermalising ovens, bake ovens, bain maries, banquet carts, warmer drawers, plate dispensers.

Desmon

Acquisition in 2014
Desmon S.p.A engages in the production and distribution of professional and commercial refrigeration equipment for food and medical industries in Europe. It offers catering equipment, pastry freezers, ice cream freezers, blast chillers, bar systems, and remote cooling units; blood bank, lab maxi, lab mini, lab sani, pharma line, lab pro, and walk-in-celle products; and after sales and spare parts management.

Concordia Coffee Systems

Acquisition in 2014
Concordia Coffee Systems is a manufacturer and distributor of self-serve commercial espresso and gourmet beverage systems, providing a diverse range of drinks including cappuccino, latte, Americano, black coffee, brewed coffee, hot chocolate, mocha, chai latte, and flavored options. The company caters to various sectors, including colleges, universities, hospitals, resorts, hotels, casinos, grocery stores, and managed foodservice clients in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Dubai. Founded in 1990 and based in Bellevue, Washington, Concordia Coffee Systems was previously known as Acorto, Inc. and adopted its current name in September 2004.

Market Forge Industries

Acquisition in 2014
Market Forge Industries Inc. manufactures steam cooking equipment for different businesses. It offers twin generator, pressure, boilerless, countertop, convection, energy efficient, and obsolete steamers. The company also provides modular boiler base, pedestal, tri-leg, quad-leg, self-contained electric, self-contained gas, modular direct steam, direct steam, and obsolete kettles, as well as mixer kettles with hydraulic power tilt bridge. In addition, it offers countertop, electric standard depth, electric bakery depth, gas standard depth, gas bakery depth, obsolete, and military ovens.

Automatic Bar Controls

Acquisition in 2013
Automatic Bar Controls, operating under the brand name Wunder-Bar, is a manufacturer and supplier of advanced beverage dispensing systems tailored for the foodservice industry. Based in Vacaville, California, the company produces a wide range of innovative equipment solutions utilized by prominent restaurant chains, convenience stores, and various foodservice operations. Wunder-Bar's offerings include hand-held dispensers for carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks, iced tea, and a variety of condiments and sauces. The company also provides dispensing systems for heated cheese, oils, salad dressings, and both refrigerated and non-refrigerated toppings. Its proprietary products are recognized for excellence, including the leading hand-held soft drink and juice dispensers, as well as systems for liquor and draft beer. With annual revenues around $30 million, Wunder-Bar continues to be a key player in the beverage dispensing market.

Celfrost Innovations

Acquisition in 2013
Celfrost Innovations Pvt. Ltd. specializes in providing refrigeration, freezing, and foodservice solutions tailored for various sectors, including hotels, restaurants, bars, coffee shops, bakeries, and healthcare. The company offers a diverse range of cold side equipment, which includes professional refrigerators, cold rooms, ice machines, and freezers. Celfrost Innovations serves a broad clientele, including restaurant chains and hotel groups, ensuring high-quality products to meet the demands of the food retail and beverage industries.

Spooner Vicars

Acquisition in 2013
Spooner Vicars Bakery Systems, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture, and supply of equipment for the food and bakery industries in the United Kingdom and the United States. The company offers a wide range of baking equipment, including multi-burner ovens, convection ovens, and hybrid ovens. It also provides high-speed sprag mixers utilized in the production of snacks, crackers, and pet food, as well as various make-up and forming equipment, such as dough feed systems, sheeters, cut sheet laminators, and rotary cutters. Spooner Vicars supports its clients throughout the process, from initial bakery plant design to full installation and commissioning of the equipment.

Nieco

Acquisition in 2012
Nieco Corporation designs and manufactures automatic broilers for the foodservice industry. The company provides automatic broilers for casual dining, fast food and fast casual restaurants, institutional restaurants, schools, amusement parks, and steak houses worldwide; and support services. It markets and sells its products through distributors in the United States and internationally.

Stewart Systems

Acquisition in 2012
Stewart Systems, Inc. manufactures bread and bun equipment and systems. The Company offers material handling equipment, such as brake meters, injector belts, conveyor systems, horizontal switches, and transfer solutions. Stewart Systems serves clients worldwide.

Turkington USA

Acquisition in 2012
Turkington USA, is a clayton-based manufacturer of automated baking equipment for the food processing industry.

Armor Inox

Acquisition in 2011
Armor Inox SA designs, develops, manufactures, and sells cooking/chilling solutions for processing and handling ham and ready meals. The company offers ham cooking and chilling systems; integral molding, pressing, and manipulation systems; and handling and process automation systems. It provides equipment for frozen panready mixes; equipment for post-pasteurization process for hams after repacking; and multimolds. The company offers logistics, installation, on-site training, technical assistance (online and on-site), and constant maintenance services.

Auto-Bake

Acquisition in 2011
Auto-Bake Proprietary Limited designs and supplies automated commercial baking ovens and systems for various baking applications. It offers cake and muffin tunnel, biscuit and cookie tunnel baking, pastry and proofed products tunnel, and artisan and craft bread tunnel ovens, as well as pie, pudding, and dessert tunnel ovens; and serpentine ovens and cooling systems. The company also provides make-up and forming, and cooling and freezing products, as well as in-feed, control and automation, serpentine proofing, washing systems, automated de-panning, and turnkey solutions; and various parts, and post-purchase support services.

Lincat Group

Acquisition in 2011
Lincat Group manufactures and supplies commercial catering equipment in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in three segments: Lincat, IMC, and Britannia. The Lincat segment offers light and medium duty catering equipment that comprise commercial cooking appliances, such as counter-top electric appliances, electric and gas powered appliances, and gas and electric units for kitchens.

Cozzini

Acquisition in 2010
Cozzini, LLC designs and manufactures food processing products. The company offers food preparation products, reduction/emulsion systems, post-pasteurization products, data acquisition and product tracking systems, water cooking/cooling systems, material handling equipment, meat grinding equipment, mixing/blending and massaging products, pumps and stuffers, separating/de-clipping products, and slicers; and advisory, installation, and training services.

Perfect Fry Co.

Acquisition in 2010
Perfect Fry Co. Ltd. manufactures vent less countertop frying units for the commercial foodservice industry.

Beech Ovens

Acquisition in 2010
Beech Ovens specializes in the design, development, manufacturing, and installation of a wide range of cooking equipment. The company produces various types of ovens, including wood-fired, gas-fired, electric stone hearth, pizza, duck, and bread ovens, as well as tandoors, rotisseries, and char grills. Beech Ovens caters to a diverse clientele that includes kitchen designers, restaurateurs, chefs, and luxury establishments such as hotels, restaurants, casinos, cruise ships, and pizza chains on an international scale. The company's commitment to custom-made solutions further enhances its offerings, providing tailored equipment to meet specific culinary needs.

Doyon Equipment

Acquisition in 2009
Doyon Equipment, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of bakery and foodservice equipment. The company offers a comprehensive range of products, including bakery and pizza ovens, pizza warmers, proofers, mixers, sheeters, bread molders, slicers, dividers, bakers tables, racks, and water meters, along with associated parts and services. Doyon Equipment's products cater to various sectors within the commercial food industry, including pizzerias, supermarkets, pastry shops, coffee shops, gas stations, and catering facilities, as well as foodservice establishments such as hotels and restaurants. The company is committed to supporting the needs of the food preparation and processing industry with its innovative equipment solutions.

Anetsberger Brothers

Acquisition in 2009
Anetsberger Brothers, Inc. is a manufacturer of foodservice equipment, specializing in a range of products designed for the commercial food service industry. The company produces essential kitchen appliances including fryers, griddles, filtration systems, broilers, pasta cookers, rethermalizers, and dough rollers and sheeters. By focusing on the needs of foodservice establishments, Anetsberger Brothers aims to provide reliable and efficient equipment that enhances food preparation and cooking processes in various culinary environments.

CookTek

Acquisition in 2009
CookTek, LLC designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets induction cooking and heated delivery systems for commercial kitchens worldwide. It offers commercial induction cookers, such as portable and drop-in induction cooktops, commercial induction woks, induction cooktop accessories, and skillet warmers. The company also provides induction buffet and food warming solutions, including induction buffet warmers, under-counter induction warmers, induction buffet accessories, and waterless induction food warmers.

Turbochef Technologies

Acquisition in 2008
TurboChef Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets rapid cook solutions. It offers rapid-cook ovens and oven accessories; consumables and accessories; and genuine OEM parts. The company offers its products through distributors and representatives.

FriFri

Acquisition in 2008
Frifri LTD manufactures and delivers commercial catering equipment. It offers counter top fryers, free-standing fryers, built-in fryers, silofrit chip scuttles, and pasta cookers; baskets, supply cables for fryers, castors, and filter kits; and electric fryers and gas fryers, as well as chip scuttles and pasta cookers.

GIGA Grandi Cucine

Acquisition in 2008
GIGA Grandi Cucine srl designs, manufactures, and sells professional cooking equipment for customers in Italy and internationally. It offers boiling units, fryers, pasta-cookers, boiling and other pans, bain-maries, griddles, pizza ovens, and more. The company also offers spare parts. It offers its products through a network of agents.
New Star Holdings International manufactures commercial cooking equipment including griddles, hot plates, charbroilers, fryers, ovens, warmers, and toasters. Star serves the food services industry throughout the United States.

Wells Bloomfield

Acquisition in 2007
Wells Bloomfield, LLC specializes in the design, manufacture, and supply of commercial foodservice equipment and beverage systems for both households and businesses. The company's product range includes built-in cooking, warming, and refrigeration equipment, as well as countertop and freestanding cooking systems, pot washers, and oil caddies. Additionally, Wells Bloomfield offers ventless cooking systems, convection ovens, and floor fryers. In the beverage sector, the company provides various systems such as pour-over and automatic coffee brewers, hot water machines, tea brewers, and dispensers, along with coffee warmers, airpots, thermal servers, and related accessories. With a comprehensive portfolio, Wells Bloomfield serves the diverse needs of the foodservice industry across the United States.

Carter-Hoffmann

Acquisition in 2007
Carter-Hoffmann LLC manufactures and markets commercial foodservice equipment for holding and transporting. The company offers heated holding cabinets, dispensers and tray make-up products, cook and hold cabinets, mobile refrigerators and freezers, door-free and roll-in holding cabinets, hospitality series patient tray carts, heated holding and transport carts, banquet support equipment, specialty holding products, banquet carts, heavy-duty holding and transport carts, and heavy-duty aluminum cabinets and racks.

Jade Products Co.

Acquisition in 2007
Jade Products Company engages in designing, engineering, manufacturing, and selling cooking equipment for chefs in the United States. Its products include cabinet base ranges, cook tops, spreaders, broilers, convection ovens, bake and roast ovens, fryers and dump stations, backguards and shelves, and options and accessories. The company’s products also include salamander, finishing, smoke, and log broilers; and griddles, charbroilers, hot plates, stock pot stoves, equipment stands, and freezer bases.

Asbury Associates

Acquisition in 1990
Asbury Associates is a foodservice equipment manufacturer and distributor based in Manila.
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