Fortune International Acquires Pastry Distributor

American company Fortune International, LLC, the Midwest’s leading processor, distributor and importer of quality seafood, meats, and gourmet products, has announced the acquisition of EuroGourmet, a St. Peters, Missouri based premium distributor of specialty foods, focused on the pastry category.

The acquisition will expand Fortune Fish & Gourmet’s robust pastry program and add a group of talented pastry experts to our growing team. The EuroGourmet transaction is Fortune’s fifth acquisition over the past eleven months.

Fortune will continue to operate the business out of the St. Peter’s facility. The facility will be enhanced with the conversion to Fortune’s state-of-the-art ERP (Enterprise resource planning), inventory management, and routing software, as well as the introduction of advanced automation for uniformity and efficiency.

Sean J. O’Scannlain, Fortune’s president & CEO, stated: “Pastry category growth is a focus of ours in 2020. Last year we hired Girish Fatnani, one of the Nation’s leading pastry professionals, and with the addition of EuroGourmet, we have a strong base to solidify ourselves in the pastry category.”

EuroGourmet was established in 2000 by Didier Villard, a veteran of pastry sales and distribution. The company will be rebranded as Fortune Fish & Gourmet.  Didier Villard will consult going forward; he will continue to operate Technobake, which was not part of the sale.

Didier Villard, president and CEO of EuroGourmet states: “The most important aspect for me was to find a company that aspires to the same values of “Service Par Excellence” that we have provided our customers for over 20 years. I am extremely proud and happy that Fortune Fish & Gourmet shares those same values and services their customers with the utmost attention.”