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Pete’s has been sold to Local Bounti
Pete’s Hollandia Produce Group, Inc. (Pete’s) is a leading hydroponic grower of butter lettuce, packaged salad and cress. The company has developed a national Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) platform, with… Read More
Ziyad Brothers has been sold to an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital
Ziyad Brothers Ziyad Brothers is a leading omnichannel provider of branded Middle Eastern and Mediterranean foods. Ziyad has a 50-year track record of delivering a diverse product portfolio of over… Read More
Graham Partners has sold Giraffe Foods to Symrise AG
Giraffe Foods Giraffe Foods Inc. is a leading player in the formulation and manufacturing of custom flavor solutions. With advanced research and development and culinary capabilities, Giraffe formulates and produces… Read More
Gus Ferguson
Gus provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to consumer companies across consumer health sectors, including VMS, OTC, ingredients, nutritional products and health and wellness. Gus has experience working on… Read More
Woodland Foods has received a majority investment from Graham Partners
Woodland Foods Woodland Foods is a provider of global plant-based ingredients, including herbs and spices, rice and grains and other specialty food products. Woodland Foods serves a diverse customer base… Read More
Mission Consumer Capital has sold Local Hive Honey to Falfurrias Capital Partners
Local Hive produces 23 varietals of raw and unfiltered honey sourced exclusively from local beekeepers across various states and regions throughout the United States. Each honey has its own unique… Read More
Endeavour Capital has sold Wineshipping to Greenbriar Equity Group
Wineshipping Wineshipping, headquartered in Napa, California, is the undisputed market leading provider of direct-to-consumer logistics and fulfillment solutions for the wine and alcoholic beverages industry. The company is uniquely positioned… Read More
Jeffrey Cleveland
As a Managing Director in the Consumer Group, Jeff provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to clients in the food, beverage and agriculture sector. He has over 20 years… Read More
Matt Ayanian
Matt provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to companies across the consumer sector. He has extensive experience advising on sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, as well as capital advisory… Read More
Snow Phipps has refinanced Teasdale Latin Foods
Client: Snow Phipps Client Location: U.S. Target: Teasdale Latin Foods Target Location: U.S. Buyer: n/a Buyer Location: n/a Target Description: Teasdale offer a full-line of top quality Hispanic and Latino-inspired foods.
VMG Partners has sold Solid Gold to Health and Happiness Group
Lincoln International acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Solid Gold, working closely with the management team and shareholders throughout the sale process. Lincoln’s role included providing mergers and acquisitions… Read More
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners has sold Manna Pro Products to The Carlyle Group
Manna Pro, a St. Louis, Missouri-based manufacturer and marketer of specialty pet care products, provides supplements, food, treats and a wide assortment of high-quality health and wellness products for companion… Read More
UAS Laboratories LLC, a portfolio company of Lakeview Equity Partners, LLC, has been sold to Chr. Hansen Holding A/S
View extended case study here Lincoln acted as the exclusive financial advisor for UAS Laboratories, working closely with its shareholders and management throughout the sale process. This included providing advisory… Read More
Tom Cunningham
Tom provides mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory services to clients across a range of transactions including acquisitions, capital raises and disposals within the consumer market. He has executed both sell-side… Read More
Dirk Damegger
Dirk supports the firm’s retail and consumer advisory services. He has more than 20 years of experience, advising on M&A, corporate divestitures and corporate finance transactions for pan-European corporate clients… Read More
Christopher Stradling
As Co-Head of Lincoln’s Consumer Group in the U.S., Chris leads the firm’s consumer product initiatives and advises companies on mergers and acquisitions. Through a hands-on style of processing deals,… Read More
Charles Walder
Charles has extensive experience advising companies across a variety of subsectors within the food & beverage sector. His experience includes numerous sell-side mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets transactions,… Read More
David Houser
David is a Managing Director in Lincoln’s Consumer Group, advising clients on transactions involving strategic acquirers, control investments from private equity firms and growth equity capital. David’s more than 25… Read More