09:54 AM EDT, 05/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- B&G Foods ( BGS ) said Tuesday it has sold its Don Pepino and Sclafani brands, along with a New Jersey manufacturing facility, to Violet Foods, a new portfolio company of Amphora Equity Partners.

Financial details weren't disclosed.

The company said it plans to use the net proceeds from the sale to repay long-term debt.

The brands include pizza and spaghetti sauces, crushed tomatoes, tomato puree and whole peeled tomatoes produced at the Williamstown plant, the company said.

Shares of B&G Foods ( BGS ) were up more than 2% in recent Tuesday trading.

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