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Arbor Gobbles up Food Distributor
Buyouts Magazine
Arbor Investments has completed the acquisition of fast-growing Trudeau Distributing Co., a specialty retail food manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Burnsville, Minn. Read More
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Arbor Investments Announces The Recapitalization of Trudeau Distributing Company
For Immediate Release
Arbor Investments, based in Chicago, Illinois, along with Trudeau Distributing Company senior management, announced today that it has completed the recapitalization of Burnsville, Minnesota-based Trudeau Distributing Company. Read More
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Arbor Private Investment Closes Fund II With 170MM
Dow Jones
Arbor Private Investment Co., a Chicago investor in food and beverage companies, has closed its second buyout fund with $170 million. Read More
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Chicago fund buys Rice Garden chain
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago private equity firm Arbor Private Investment has acquired quick-serve Chinese restaurant chain Rice Garden of California. Read More
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Sam's Wines wraps up equity-firm deal
Chicago Tribune
Sale of 80% stake gives liquor retailer capital for expansion. Family control of Sam's Wines and Spirits has ended with a deal announced Friday to sell 80 percent of the third-generation business to a Chicago private-equity firm. Read More
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Purchase of Sam's Wines and Spirits
For Immediate Release
Today, Sam's Wines and Spirits, the 60-year old Chicago wine and beverage retailer, has been purchased by Chicago-based Arbor Investments, in conjunction with Sam Rosen's grandson Brian Rosen. Read More
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The drive-thru's worst enemy
Crain's Chicago Business
Ah, the plight of private-label manufacturers: They're never lauded for the flakiness of their crusts or the cut of their garments because no one but their clients knows they're making them. But executives at Addison-based Great Kitchens Inc., which produces pizzas and appetizers sold as house brands at stores like Wal-Mart, Trader Joe's and Meijer aren't looking for consolation. Read More
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Chicago Wine Retailer Sam's Changes Hands
For Immediate Release
Former MarketWatch Retailer of the Year now poised to expand its stores--and wine education programs--beyond Illinois. Chicago retailer Sam's Wine & Spirits, which has long had a loyal following of wine lovers in Chicago and beyond (due its strong direct-shipping business), has been sold by its founders, the Rosen family. Over the next five years, the company plans to open several new stores outside of Illinois. Read More
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Wine Business coming of age
Chicago Tribune
Private-equity firm's deal for part of Sam's is latest sign of profit. You could call it a tipping point for wine. In another sign that the wine industry has moved firmly from pretentious to popular, Sam's Wine and Spirits, the family-owned liquor retail giant known from Napa Valley to Bordeaux, has agreed to sell most of the company to a private-equity group that specializes in the food and beverage industry. Read More
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National Provisions is poised for expansion
For Immediate Release
If you've ordered food at a deli in South Florida in the past two decades, chances are your corned beef special or pastrami sandwich had its genesis at a meat packing plant near Miami International Airport. Read More
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National Provisions Gets New Owner
For Immediate Release
Miami-based National Provisions, maker of hot dogs, corn beef, pastrami and other deli meats sold under the National Deli brand, has a new owner. Read More
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Acquisition of National Provisions, Inc.
For Immediate Release
Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Private Investment Company, L.P., in conjunction with its Operating Partner Steven Zoll and senior management, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Miami, Florida-based National Provisions, Inc. Read More
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Purchaser scoops up National Deli brand
For Immediate Release
A branded deli meat company based in Miami has come under new ownership. Chicago-based Arbor Private Investment Co., L.P., with its operating partner Steven Zoll and senior management, said it has bought National Provisions. Read More