An operator-led acquisition platform focused on profitable, established brands and specialty food businesses ready for their next chapter of leadership.
Target Revenue
$1.0M – $2.5M
Annual top-line sales
Target SDE
$225K – $400K
Seller's Discretionary Earnings
Enterprise Value
$650K – $1.2M
Disciplined, bankable structure
Geographic Focus
Chicagoland & Midwest
Select U.S. deals considered
OUR APPROACH
Built for long-term stewardship, not a quick flip.
Selling a business you spent decades building is personal. Prairie Peak Foods was founded to acquire a single food or beverage company, step into day-to-day leadership, and build upon the reputation you established.
Single-Company Operator
We are not a private equity firm or a roll-up fund juggling dozens of portfolio companies. When we acquire your business, it becomes our sole operational focus—with dedicated, hands-on leadership from day one.
Protecting Your Team & Legacy
Great food businesses run on institutional knowledge and loyal people. We prioritize retaining tenured staff, honoring existing supplier and customer relationships, and preserving the product quality your name stands behind.
Direct, Confidential Execution
You deal directly with the decision-maker from initial conversation through close. We move efficiently, respect strict confidentiality around employees and trade partners, and structure straightforward transitions tailored to your timeline.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Target Company Profile
We partner with owners and intermediaries on established food and beverage businesses with proven customer demand and clean unit economics.
Categories
Shelf-stable & temperature-controlled
Financial Size
Core valuation parameters
Operations
Production & fulfillment model
Geography
Primary & secondary regions
Transaction Type
Ownership & transition structure
For Business Brokers & M&A Advisors: We sign standard NDAs promptly, provide proof of funds upon request, and give clear feedback within 48 hours of reviewing a CIM.
Peter Young
Managing Principal
Prior CPG Leadership Experience
LEADERSHIP
Peter Young — Managing Principal
Peter Young is the founder of Prairie Peak Foods, bringing deep operational finance and commercial leadership experience across the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. Over his career at global food and nutrition leaders—including Mars, Glanbia Performance Nutrition, and Kellanova—Peter has managed multi-million-dollar product P&Ls, led pricing and margin-expansion strategies, and partnered closely with co-manufacturers and supply-chain teams from formulation through retail shelf execution.
Trained in cost accounting and commercial finance, he understands the real-world mechanics of food production: ingredient sourcing, co-packer minimums, freight economics, and distributor trade spend. Peter lives in the Greater Chicago area and founded Prairie Peak Foods to transition from corporate CPG leadership into direct ownership of one high-integrity Midwest food business.
P&L Management
Commercial pricing, trade spend & gross margin architecture
Supply Chain & Co-Man
Co-manufacturer partnerships, BOM cost accounting & procurement
Local Stewardship
Based in Chicagoland for hands-on, on-site transition & leadership