Neptune Beach, Florida – July 15, 2025 – Shoreline Equity Partners, a purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm, is excited to launch a new platform search in the ethnic food distribution sector.  This investment thesis reflects Shoreline’s commitment to supporting growing, recession-resilient businesses while leveraging its experience in food and beverage distribution.  Shoreline is actively seeking to connect with owners and operators of ethnic food distribution companies that serve both retail and foodservice channels.  Ideal partners carry valuable imported brands and product categories that cater to the evolving tastes and demographics of the US consumer.  Shoreline has partnered with a buy-side search firm with strong relationships in the industry to support our search efforts in finding a platform.

About Shoreline Equity Partners 

Shoreline is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on actively partnering with leading management teams. Shoreline follows a total stakeholder model, meaning success should be a “win-win” proposition for shareholders, employees, customers, vendors, and the communities within which the firm’s companies operate. Shoreline professionals believe in honesty, incentive alignment, and creating bigger, better businesses without relying on financial engineering or cost cutting to generate returns. With over $750 million of committed capital under management, Shoreline seeks to lead equity investments of up to $150 million per transaction in support of buyouts, recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. Targeted businesses have enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $350 million and EBITDA of $4 million to $25 million. The firm strives to partner with management teams of businesses primarily within the specialized manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business and facility services sectors, among others. For more information, please visit www.shorelineequitypartners.com.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​