CHICAGO, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hometown Food Company acquired the Chef Boyardee business from Conagra in June 2025 and is now significantly increasing the marketing investment behind the ...

Cans of Chef Boyardee pasta are practically a rite of passage for American children. By no means are the pastas considered haute cuisine (although we love the mini pasta shells with meatballs), but ...

Founded by an Italian immigrant, Chef Boyardee is emblematic of the American Dream. As a teenager, Hector Boiardi left Europe to become a top chef at a luxury New York hotel before going out on his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MILTON — Hector Boiardi has come home — albeit in the form of a 7-foot-tall bronze statue — to Milton, the town where the chef ...

The character is inspired by the real chef, Ettore "Hector" Boiardi, who changed the conversation around spaghetti dinners across the U.S. less than a decade after immigrating here PEOPLE spoke with ...

GREENWICH, Conn., May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Brynwood Partners IX L.P. announced today that its portfolio company, Hometown Food Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Chef ...

A Connecticut private equity firm is buying Chef Boyardee, a staple in American cupboards for decades with canned pasta that more recently has expanded into the freezer aisle with microwave meals.

Conagra Brands office building in Omaha, Nebraska. Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com. Conagra Brands is set to divest its legacy Chef Boyardee shelf-stable pasta business to Hometown Food Company ...

May 01, 2025 8:35 AM ETConagra Brands, Inc. (CAG) "The Chef Boyardee acquisition marks the single largest acquisition in Brynwood's 40-year history," said Henk Hartong, Chairman and CEO of Brynwood ...

Hometown Food Company acquired the Chef Boyardee business from Conagra in June 2025 and is now significantly increasing the marketing investment behind the famous Chef Boyardee brand. Chef Boyardee is ...