Arbor Investments, Chicago, has acquired South Coast Baking, LLC, Irvine, CA. Founded in 2011 by baking industry veteran Kent Hayden, the company is a leading frozen cookie dough manufacturer in North America. It operates out of two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities—one in Irvine and one in Springdale, AR—and is a partner to a number of North America's leading club stores, grocery retailers, foodservice distributors and quick-service restaurants.
South Coast will join Arbor’s baking platform, Le Petit Pain Holdings, which includes New French Bakery Inc., Minneapolis; Best Maid Cookie Company Inc., River Falls, WI; and Hudson Baking Co. Inc., Hudson, WI. The Le Petit Pain platform is overseen by Arbor operating partner Mike Schultz, a 20-year executive in the baking industry.