Vending

Bubba’s Fine Foods merges with Ka Pop!

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March 9, 2021

Bubba's Fine Foods and Ka Pop!, a pair of natural health oriented snack manufacturers, have merged under a new holding company, Awakened Foods LLC in Loveland, Colorado, which will also act as a manufacturer, according to a press release.

Dustin Finkel, former CEO and founder of Ka-Pop! Snacks, will lead Awakened Foods as CEO while Jeff Schmidgall, former CEO and founder of Bubba's Fine Foods, will be COO. Combined, they bring over 45 years of CPG leadership, manufacturing, and finance experience.

"The combination of two companies at this early trajectory is extraordinary," Finkel said in the press release. "Rarely is there such a perfect fit in culture, capabilities, products and innovation. This merger allows us to simultaneously accelerate our top and bottom line, building on an already strong gross margin foundation and 2020 growth rates of over 200%."