Private equity firm buys Longmont's Haystack Mountain Creamery – BizWest
LONGMONT — Haystack Mountain Creamery has been acquired by a Denver-based private equity firm specializing in turning around struggling organizations. Stage Fund Inc. will help the cheese maker “focus on continuing to serve the local markets while expanding [its] reach nationally so that more consumers can experience this exceptional product,” Stage operating partner Lauren Clough said in a news release. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “The opportunity to join Stage is outstanding,” Chuck Hellmer, Haystack president, said in a prepared statement. “With our diverse and...