Chicago, IL
www.sparklnow.com
Sparkl Mobile is a leading provider of mobile, eco-friendly, waterless car wash and detailing services based in Chicago, Illinois. Sparkl was founded by Lisa Souter in 2016 to solve for the inconvenience of waiting in line for a car wash. As a working mother of three boys, Lisa recognized the fast pace of daily life often pushed the car wash to the bottom of the to do list. By developing proprietary technology tools and a mobile app, along with waterless and eco-friendly products, Sparkl brings its vehicle cleaning services directly to its customers no matter where they are, virtually eliminating downtime.
Mr. Glastris served as Chairman of the Board and Mr. Ellis served as Vice President and Director of the company.
Sinbad Foods, LLC, based in Madera, CA is the largest producer of baklava in North America and also produces fillo dough, other fillo based pastries, frozen fillo appetizers and entrees (spanakopita, tyropita) sold under the Sinbad brand as well as under private label to the retail grocery, club and foodservice channels.
Founded as Sinbad Sweets in the Clovis, CA, the company was twice named to the INC 500 List of fastest growing private businesses in the US and received numerous awards including from the US Senate for work with immigrant populations and as the EEOC’s San Joaquin Valley Employer of the Year. The company was later sold to a family member of the founder and acquired by Kronos Foods in 2006. In 2008, the company moved into its current location in Madera, CA, a 158,000 square foot SQF Level 3 certified facility.
Mr. Glastris served as Chairman of the Board and Mr. Ellis served as a director and Vice President of Finance of the company.
Founded in 1987 by long time partners and Co-CEOs Steve Marks and Harvey Nelson, Main Street Gourmet is a custom commercial bakery that specializes in creating, formulating and producing custom batters, doughs and finished baked goods for national restaurant chains, bakery/cafes, fast casual restaurants and grocery retailers. The company’s product lines include muffins, muffin batters, cake batters, cookies, bars and granola.
The company was acquired in a leveraged recapitalization in April 2011 by Clover Capital Partners, LLC, management and a group of investors including Mr. Glastris, who served as a Director of the company until its highly successful sale in 2020
Lockhart Fine Foods LLC is a high capacity manufacturer that produces small batch (1500lbs) of pre-portioned frozen cookie dough for the grocery, foodservice, club, private label and co-pack markets as well as producing edible cookie doughs both in pint jars and single serve cups. The company sells under the Lockhart Fine Foods brand as well as on a private label and co-pack basis in various sizes and packaging formats.
The company was acquired from DGG Group in January 2019 by principals and affiliates of Evanston Partners and relocated to the Madera, CA where it produced in the SQF 3 rated facility of Sinbad Foods LLC.
Nashville, TN
Memphis, Tennessee
Evanston Partners, LLC
1563 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: 847-868-3902
Email: jellis@evanstonpartners.com
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