Sagent Advisors

Transactions

Consumer & Retail

Key Contacts

Donato de Donato

Managing Director

(212) 904-9490

S. Abid Rizvi

Managing Director

(212) 904-9499

Stephen R. Rusch

Principal

(212) 904-9360

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 Consumer 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 CompanyNA
Otis SpunkmayerSale to Code, Hennessey and Simmons$277
PlayCore Inc.Sale to Chartwell Investments$193
Spalding & Evenflo CompaniesSale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.$912
Specialty FoodsSale of Stella Foods to Saputo Group$405
Suiza FoodsAcquisition of Morningstar Group $971
Thomas H Lee Co.Acquisition of Rayovac$600
True Temper SportsSale to Cornerstone Equity Investors$203
 
Selected Retail Transactions ($ in MM)
Caribbean RestaurantsSale to Oak Hill Capital Partners NA
Costco, Inc.Merger with the Price Club $2,225
CVS CorpAcquisition of Revco DS $3,970
El Pollo LocoSale to American Securities Capital Partners $128
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
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