Sagent Advisors

Retail & Consumer

Key Contacts

Scott I. Moses

Managing Director

(212) 904-9350

S. Abid Rizvi

Managing Director

(212) 904-9499

Martin C. Murrer

Managing Director

(212) 904-9410

Kiran Prasad

Vice President

(212) 904-9371

Our bankers have extensive professional experience in consumer and retailing sectors and we have developed a broad network of contacts in these industries. Representative transactions involving our bankers appear below and include sales, divestitures, new “platform” acquisitions and strategic add-ons for a wide variety of corporate and private equity clients.

If you are interested in learning about Sagent’s capabilities in the Consumer and Retailing sectors, please contact us.

Selected Retail Transactions ($ in MM)
Albertsons Acquisition ConsortiumAcquisition of Albertson's$17,400
Arby's Restaurant GroupAcquisition of its RTM franchisee$725
Caremark Rx Inc.Sale to CVS Corp.$22,000
Costco, Inc.Merger with the Price Club$2,225
CVS CorpAcquisition of Revco DS$3,970
GameStop Corp.Acquisition of The Electronics Boutique Inc.$1,400
GameStop Corp.Spin-off from Barnes & Noble Inc.$718
General MillsSale of Talbots to Jusco$325
General MillsSale of Eddie Bauer to Spiegel$260
Hasbro Inc.Defense against the hostile acquisition attempt of Mattel$5,193
Hechinger Co.Sale to Leonard Green & Partners$587
Jean Coutu (Brooks / Eckerd)Sale of Brooks Pharmacy/Eckerd to Rite Aid$3,400
Koninklijke Ahold (U.S. Foodservice)Sale of U.S. Foodservice to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.$7,100
Leslie's PoolmartSale to Leonard Green & Partners$138
Rite AidAcquisition of Thrifty Payless Holdings$2,368
Star MarketsSale to J Sainsbury plc$490
The Boyds CollectionSale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.$730
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P)Acquisition of Pathmark Stores$1,300
The Little ClinicSale of Ownership Stake to Kroger Co.NA
 
Selected Consumer Products Transactions ($ in MM)
Brother's Gourmet CoffeesAcquisition of Hillside Coffee $40
Curtice-Burns FoodsSale to Pro-Fac Cooperative $170
General MillsSpin-off of Kenner Parker Toys $204
Mr. CoffeeSale to Health 'O Meter Products $161
Old London FoodsSale to Nonni's Food Company NA
Otis SpunkmayerSale to Code, Hennessey and Simmons $277
Spalding & Evenflo CompaniesSale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. $912
True Temper SportsSale to Cornerstone Equity Investors $203