M&A Deal Summary

Cafe De Coral Acquires Manchu WOK

On October 31, 2005, Cafe De Coral acquired restaurant Manchu WOK from Ken Fowler Enterprises

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cafe De Coral’s 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Cafe De Coral’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Cafe De Coral’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-10-31
Target Manchu WOK
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Cafe De Coral
Sellers(s) Ken Fowler Enterprises
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Manchu WOK

Markham, Ontario, Canada
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Manchu Wok offers consistently high quality Chinese cuisine in a fast food environment across North America. The company operates in high traffic locations such as regional shopping centres and high density office complexes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cafe De Coral

Shatin, China

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Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Restaurants
Employees18,560
Revenue 7.5B HKD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Cafe De Coral is an investment holding company, operates quick service restaurants, and casual dining chains in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Cafe De Coral was founded in 1968 and is based in Shatin, China.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ken Fowler Enterprises

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1972
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ken Fowler Enterprises Ltd. (KFE) is a private equity firm that typically commits between $5 million to $15 million of capital per transaction. The firm seeks to invest in real estate, restaurants and hospitality, and specialty retailers. KFE also takes an active role in special situation investments. These investment opportunities lie outside the firm's normal focus, but add to the range of industries the firm invests in. These special situation investments include consumer finance, aerospace parts manufacturing, waste management, forestry, infrastructure technology, education and many other industries. Ken Fowler Enterprises Ltd. was formed in 1972 and is based in St. Catharines, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
State (Ontario) 1 of 3
Country (Canada) 1 of 3
Year (2005) 1 of 1
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