Brynwood Partners has bought Aryzta’s North America’s take-and-bake pizza business. The PE firm has made the investment through newly formed portfolio company Great Kitchens Food Company Inc.

Great Kitchens is headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois and operates a crust manufacturing facility in Chicago Heights, Illinois along with topping plant in Romeoville.

“Our prior investment in the private label frozen pizza space with Richelieu Foods Inc. was very successful and we are confident in the prospects for Great Kitchens,” says Brynwood CEO Henk Hartong III.