NORWALK, CONN. — Private equity firm Heartwood Partners completed a majority investment in Bush Brothers Provision Co., a fifth-generation, family-owned meatpacking and distribution company located in West Palm Beach, Fla.

“We are tremendously excited about our partnership with Heartwood Partners and look forward to working together on our next chapter of growth,” said Curtis Bush, president and fifth-generation owner. “We feel that their unique focus on establishing a strong balance sheet and their experience scaling businesses will enable us to substantially accelerate our growth plans. It is clear that Heartwood understands what makes Bush Brothers unique in our industry and supports our commitment to unrelenting service for customers and the preservation of our family business culture.”

Established in 1925, Bush Brothers provides premium protein products to a customer base of fine-dining restaurants, hotels, country clubs, mega yachts and private chefs in Florida and the Caribbean.

As a USDA-Inspected processing facility, Bush Brothers is able to source the highest quality protein products and then process, portion, trim and package those products to meet each customer’s exacting specifications with an unmatched level of craftsmanship and service.

“Bush Brothers has leveraged almost 100 years of experience in the protein industry to become the distribution partner of choice for some of the most demanding fine-dining customers in Florida and the Caribbean,” said Ed Tan, partner at Heartwood Partners. “We are eager to invest in the company’s future growth by partnering with management to rapidly increase production capacity so that Bush Brothers can offer more products to their existing customers and to present the company’s highly successful business model to more customers throughout Florida and beyond.”