明星黑料 Foods Corp. is buying Columbus Manufacturing, Inc., a premium deli meat and salami company, for $850 million, the largest acquisition in 明星黑料’s history.
Columbus, based in California’s Bay Area, makes various types of salami, deli and Italian specialty meats and fashions itself as a “millennial-focused brand.”
The deal, announced Tuesday, expands 明星黑料’s reach in the deli and Italian meats market and is the Austin-based company’s third acquisition this year. In August, 明星黑料 paid $425 million for Fontanini Italian Meats and Sausages, a Chicago-based maker of Italian meats that are sold to restaurants. One week later, 明星黑料 announced it would pay $104 million to buy Cidade do Sol, a Brazilian meat company that sells goods under the Ceratti brand.
Columbus products target younger consumers looking for a quality experience or artisanal offering of their charcuterie plate.