Sagent Advisors

Transactions

Consumer & Retail

Key Contacts

S. Abid Rizvi

Managing Director

(212) 904-9499

Scott I. Moses

Managing Director

(212) 904-9350

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
Otis Spunkmeyer Holdings, Inc.Sale to IAWS Group plc$662
Samsonite CorporationSale to CVC Capital Partners$1,700
Spalding & Evenflo CompaniesSale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.$912
True Temper SportsSale to Cornerstone Equity Investors$203
Vincor International Inc.Sale to Constellation Brands$1,600
 
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