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Kevin Collins

Senior Advisor at Sun Acquisitions

Chicago, IL Website (331) 808-5229
MBAUpdated September 2026

About

Kevin Collins serves as Senior Advisor at Sun Acquisitions, advising owners of privately held lower middle market companies. He focuses on food distribution, food manufacturing, catering, manufacturing, and transportation. He handles sales, acquisitions, business valuation, and due diligence coordination. He works primarily with private equity firms and family offices as acquirers. He serves Chicagoland, Illinois, and the broader Midwest from Chicago's western suburbs. He spent over 15 years in senior leadership and C-suite roles, including Chief Operating Officer of Restaurant Depot. He headed Revenue Growth Management at Beam Suntory and North America for REKKI from 2019 to 2021. He holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He serves on the Naperville Saints Football Organization board and previously served on The Harbour's board, supporting homeless children.

Who is a good fit for Kevin Collins

  • Owners of food distribution, food manufacturing, or catering companies preparing for a sale.
  • Private equity firms and family offices pursuing acquisitions of privately held lower middle market companies.
  • Manufacturing owners navigating transaction complications involving tariffs or SBA lending changes.
  • Owners seeking transaction advice for student transportation, asphalt and paving construction, or screen printing businesses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kevin Collins has advised on machine manufacturing, student transportation, asphalt and paving construction, and screen printing transactions. He provides sell-side advisory, buy-side advisory, business valuation, and due diligence coordination.

Kevin Collins closed the sale of Delicious Unlimited, a Northern Illinois early childhood catering company, to Saturn Five. He sold a business delivering over 20,000 meals daily to more than 200 locations. He achieved a multiple above 5x EBITDA following a competitive process that generated more than five qualified offers.

Kevin Collins managed the sale of Converting Systems Inc., a custom product line machinery manufacturer in Schaumburg, Illinois. He navigated newly imposed U.S. tariffs during the transaction. He also addressed a significant SBA lending rule change that threatened the closing.

Kevin Collins helped design and implement an activity-based costing system for Elkay Manufacturing's plumbing products division. He contributed to the project Professor Robert S. Kaplan documented in the 2009 Harvard Business School case study. He helped develop the work behind “Elkay Plumbing Products Division,” HBS Case 110-007. He contributed to a case that MBA programs use to teach time-driven activity-based costing.

Kevin Collins authored “Total Profitability Management: Is Your Company Doing It?” He published the article in Financial Executive Magazine's September 2012 issue.

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