How does Dealport find food and beverage businesses that aren't listed for sale?

Research agents read state registrations and licenses, property, loan and lien records, and company websites. They judge each company on your rules with evidence, rank it on your weights, and find the owner.

Is Dealport a broker?

No. We don't represent sellers. Dealport works for the buyer: it finds the company and the owner, and reaches them in your name or hands them to your team.

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Buy a food and beverage business nobody has listed.

Most food and beverage companies worth owning aren't listed for sale. Tell us what your firm buys, and we'll show you the owners worth calling first.

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One food and beverage company, researched to the owner.

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Ridgewell Specialty Foods, Inc.Specialty sauces and dressings · Green Bay, Wisconsin82A

Registered19891Filed

OfficerFrank Ridgewell1Filed

Employees1122Filed

CustomersRegional grocers and food service3Observed

Revenue$18M–$28M4Estimate

PassRevenue $5M–$50M

PassStill run by its founder

PassNot owned by private equity

UnsettledNot listed with a broker

Why it ranks here

Owner nearing retirement, no successor×5
Food-safety certified plant×3

Frank Ridgewell · Founder and PresidentDirect line · confirmedQualified

Finds the owner

Food & Beverage, by state

Questions buyers ask.

Few are listed. Most food and beverage businesses worth owning change hands without a listing, and their owners haven't spoken to a broker. Dealport runs your criteria on every one and finds the owner worth calling first.

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Name a market. We'll show you who owns it.

Bring one state. It starts with a pilot on your mandate, and you judge what comes back.

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