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GCG Deal Announcement | Statesman Business Advisors, LLC advised Mama Lycha Foods

Statesman Business Advisors, LLC advised Mama Lycha Foods in its recapitalisation by Rotunda Capital Partners.

Mama Lycha was founded in 1993 by Maria Alicia (“Mama Lycha”) and Luis F. Padilla with the goal of bringing authentic Latin American cuisine to U.S. grocery store shelves. The Company has since grown to one of the most prominent manufacturers, processors, and distributors of Central American consumer food products in the US. Through its two distribution centers in Texas, manufacturing plants in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and network of over 150 regional distribution partners, Mama Lycha offers over 600 SKU’s of its own proprietary brands and premier import products that are now available in over 750 grocery stores across 37 US States and 4 Canadian Provinces.

Rotunda Capital Partners is an operationally oriented private equity firm focused on transforming family-founder owned companies into dynamic, data-driven platforms able to achieve and manage significant growth.

The transaction was led by Walter Tomlinson, Managing Member. Read the press release.


25 September 2024

Walter Tomlinson

Statesman Business Advisors, LLC, Managing Member

Statesman Business Advisors, LLC

GCG | Geneva Capital Group