PAUL, MN and SMYRNA, GA — Dessert Holdings, a premium dessert company, announced the acquisition of Kenny’s Great Pies, a Smyrna, GA-based manufacturer of high-quality, cream-based pies.
“Kenny’s clean label, flavorful pies are complementary to our portfolio of premium desserts,” said Paul Lapadat, CEO of Dessert Holdings. “Kenny’s has established a distinctive market position, fostering a number of long-standing relationships with leading foodservice and retail operators and major clubs in North America, earning a loyal consumer following. Dessert Holdings is excited to supplement these relationships and expand the company’s distribution network.”
Kenny’s Great Pies’ signature product is its key lime pie, made with authentic key limes and a graham cracker cookie crust. Since its establishment in 1989, Kenny’s has expanded its product offerings and sells millions of private-label and branded pies for an array of consumers. Kenny’s operates out of Smyrna in a purpose-built facility with newly-installed automated mixing and filling lines.
“We are excited to become a part of a leading premium desserts platform in North America, and we believe Dessert Holdings’ experience and complementary product portfolio provides specialist expertise to help us accelerate our growth,” said Gary Muter, CEO of Kenny’s Great Pies. “We see an incredible opportunity to further promote Kenny’s all-natural differentiated product offerings that will pull consumers to store bakeries.”
Kenny’s will join Dessert Holdings’ existing portfolio of premium dessert brands serving retail and foodservice consumers. This includes Steven Charles, which Dessert Holdings obtained in January 2022, and Dianne’s Fine Desserts, acquired in November 2022.
