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Arbor Investments Rings Bell for Fifth Time in 2010 - Completes Sale of Allied Specialty Foods, Inc.
For Immediate Release
Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Investments announced that it has sold its portfolio company Allied Specialty Foods, Inc. to industry veteran Steven Zoll. Allied Specialty Foods, Inc., headquartered in Vineland, New Jersey, is a national manufacturer of custom raw and fully-cooked beef and poultry items, including “Philly Steak”. Arbor originally acquired Allied Specialty Foods in July of 2005. DLA Piper served as legal counsel for the transaction. Read More
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Deal Frenzy in Aisle 4
Fortune Magazine - by Dan Mitchell
Mergers and buyouts among food manufacturers are gaining steam, but there is one complicating factor: brands are fading, and the biggest consumer food companies are built on brands. Read More
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Arbor Investments Produces Another Outstanding Return By Selling National Deli, LLC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Investments announced that it has sold its portfolio company National Deli, LLC to Chattanooga, TN based River Associates Investments, LLC in a transaction that generated an internal rate of return of 30% and 2.7 times its original investment. Read More
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Arbor Investments Announces The Acquisition of Fieldbrook Foods Corporation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Arbor Investments, based in Chicago, Illinois, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Fieldbrook Foods Corporation. Fieldbrook, headquartered in Dunkirk, New York, is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of private label frozen novelty and ice cream products. Arbor partnered with Herman “Bing” Graffunder, a long-term dairy industry veteran, in its acquisition of Fieldbrook. Terms of the sale were withheld. Read More
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Chicago Shop Scores Best Return Yet On Pizza Co.
Buyouts Magazine
Arbor Investments LLC has scored a home run, selling Great Kitchens Inc., a company that makes take-home pizzas sold in grocery stores, to ARYZTA AG, a Zurich, Switzerland-based company. The sale price was $180 million. Read More
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Arbor Investments Sells Great Kitchens, inc. to ARYZTA AG (Sale Achieves Return of 16.9X Invested Capital)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Investments announced that it has sold its portfolio company Great Kitchens, Inc. to ARYZTA AG (SIX: ARYN) for US$180 million, in a transaction that generated an internal rate of return of 66% and produced 16.9 times its original investment. Headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois, Great Kitchens, is one of the largest suppliers of pizza and appetizers with a focus on the deli segment of the North American retail grocery channel. BMO Capital Markets and DLA Piper served as Great Kitchens’ investment bankers and legal counsel, respectively. Read More
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Arbor Investments Sells Great Kitchens, Inc. to ARYZTA AG
For Immediate Release
Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Investments announced today that it has sold its portfolio company Great Kitchens, Inc. to ARYZTA AG (SIX: ARYN) for US$180 million. Read More