The backbone of any good wedding — as anyone in the events world will tell you — is the catering. In a destination town like Santa Barbara, that backbone just realigned.
Two of the region’s best-known catering companies — Pure Joy and Catering Connection — have been fully acquired and rebranded under Solera & Co. , a Santa Barbara–headquartered hospitality outfit connected to the Schaffer family’s Los Angeles–based event operation .
For former Pure Joy owner Lynette La Mere, the deal feels less like corporate consolidation and more like a retirement mic-drop — champagne flute in hand.