The food sector active in acquisitions in February 2015

18/03/2015
Diego Gutiérrez
The food sector active in acquisitions in February 2015
February 2015 was a very active month in the food sector. Ten sale and purchase transactions have been closed. In 2014, a total of 60 M&A transactions and mergers and acquisitions and in January 2015 it was the second most active sector by number of transactions according to the EdTech sector study of Logic-fin. Among the acquisitions was the purchase of La Nevera Roja by Food Panda for €80M.

 

Transactions carried out

 

Investor profile

Of the 10 operations carried out, 7 involved corporations that wanted to expand, either to reach geographic markets where they were not already present, as in the case of the French company Sibellor to increase or reinforce its portfolio of products or services such as Bardinet.

Sibell, the leading French company in the potato chip market, has bought the snacks company Alavesa. Celigüeta.

Bardinetthe spirits company has bought 90 % of the winery for €8M. Mont Marçal Vinícola. With this purchase, Bardinet strengthens its activity in the cava and wine business, in which it was already present with products from its Montsarra estate.

In addition, 3 of the operations have had venture capital funds as investors, 2 of which Broadbill and Carlyleforeigners. New York-based Broadbill has acquired the 3,96% of Pescanova and Carlyle has acquired the sausages Palacios. 

 

Most active sectors

The beverages sector is the sector in which most operations have been carried out (3), all of which have had as an investor a corporation that was already in the beverages sector, although its main activity is not the same as the activity of the acquired company.

Thus, in addition to the above-mentioned Bardinet, Osborne has bought Ginebra Bordes. Hijos de Rivera, a brewing company that is in the top 10 beverage companies in Spain, has bought Aguas del Pilar.

"Hijos de Rivera already had 2 springs, Cabreiroá in Ourense, and Agua de Cuevas in Asturias, but the acquisition of Aguas del Pilar in Andalucía allows it to expand southwards," says Diego Gutierrez of ABRA INVEST.

 

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