Wicked Kitchen has acquired one of the United States’ leading plant-based seafood brands, Good Catch.
The takeover will extend Wicked Kitchen’s multi-category range to include frozen and ambient seafood products.
“By folding Good Catch’s plant-based seafood offerings into Wicked Kitchen’s North American footprint we will have the largest variety of animal-free consumer packaged goods in the industry available at more than 30,000 distribution points,” said Pete Speranza, chief executive of Wicked Kitchen.
“The two brands’ product lines complement each other and are 100% accretive, and the breadth of products across departments – from appetisers to desserts and everything in between – allows us to provide great-tasting food that appeals to everyone,” he added.
Wicked Kitchen will take over Good Catch’s brand in North America under Pete Speranza’s leadership, ramping up product innovation and R&D as well as focusing on food service under the eye of Chad Sarno, who co-founded Good Catch alongside brother Derek.
Gathered Foods, the parent company of Good Catch, will become a shareholder of Wicked Kitchen and will gain a seat on the company’s board. Gathered will continue its focus on the development and production of plant-based proteins.
Wicked Kitchen first launched in the UK in 2017 before expanding into the US market in 2021. The company now operates in Finland and Estonia and is opening in Thailand this autumn.
Good Catch began in 2019 and sells nationwide across the US as well as in the UK and Canada.
