June 28, 2022 | LONDON -- Arlington Capital Advisors, a leading investment bank offering financial and strategic advisory services to the consumer industry, expands its global reach by opening an office in London, England. Arlington has also added Rob Belanger and Raphael Schuler to...
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SAN FRANCISCO--Sapporo U.S.A., maker of the number one selling Asian beer brand in the United States, and Stone Brewing, one of America’s largest and most innovative craft beer brands, have reached an agreement for Sapporo U.S.A. to acquire Stone Brewing. Supporting both business’ long-term...
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Arlington Capital Advisors (“ACA”) and The BUMP Williams Consulting Company (“BWC”) are excited to announce the formation of a new strategic alliance between the two companies, which will focus on M&A and strategic advisory services for beverage distributors. The principals at ACA and BWC...
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Another Broken Egg, an Orlando-based operator and franchisor of southern-inspired daytime cafes owned by an affiliate of The Beekman Group, a leading private equity firm, announced that it has closed on a New Senior Secured Term Loan Facility provided by Comvest...
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Birmingham, AL – December 1, 2021 – Arlington Capital Advisors, a leading consumer-focused investment bank, announces it has hired Stephan Pietge as a Managing Director. Stephan joins Arlington's beverage team and will be focused on driving forward the firm’s leadership position internationally. “We are excited...
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DALLAS – November 30, 2021 – Velvet Taco, the popular Dallas-based restaurant concept serving up globally inspired tacos, today announced that Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. acquired a majority stake in Velvet Taco from L Catterton, the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm, and...
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November 10, 2021 - Bell's Brewery founder, Larry Bell announced that he has reached an agreement with Lion, an Australian based brewer, for the sale of Bell's. Lion acquired Colorado's New Belgium Brewing in 2019. The move will see the Michigan-based craft brewer come together with New Belgium – aligning two great...
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Oct. 11, 2021 -- BurgerFi International Inc. (Nasdaq: BFI, BFIIW) (“BurgerFi” ), the owner of one of the nation’s fastest-growing premium fast-casual concepts through the BurgerFi brand, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza &
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The purpose-driven, values-based, socially conscious, tech-enabled national moving and junk removal franchise College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving® recently accepted minority investments from Susquehanna Private Capital (Susquehanna) along with two former International Franchise Association (IFA) Chairs- David Barr and Shelly Sun. Read full press...
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Propelled Brands, the corporate umbrella of FASTSIGNS International. Inc., which is the franchisor of FASTSIGNS®, the leading sign, graphics and visual communications franchise, and NerdsToGo®, an emerging IT services franchise brand, today announced its acquisition of Suite Management Franchising, LLC. Suite Management Franchising, LLC...
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