Recipe - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Recipe M&A Summary

Recipe has acquired 8 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 1 asset.

Recipe’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Groupe St-Hubert for $537M. The Company’s most targeted sectors include restaurants (100%).

Recipe Business Overview

Where is Recipe headquartered?

Recipe is headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario.

What is Recipe’s revenue?

Recipe disclosed revenue of 865M CAD for 2020 and 1,252M CAD for 2019.

How many employees does Recipe have?

Recipe has 17,500 employees.

What sector is Recipe in?

Recipe is a restaurants company.

When was Recipe founded?

Recipe was founded in 1883.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Recipe

Recipe Unlimited Corp.

199 Four Valley Drive,
Vaughan, Ontario L4K 0B8
Canada,
(905) 760-2244
www.recipeunlimited.com

Recipe is a provider of full service restaurants in Canada. Recipe was founded in 1883 and is based in Vaughan, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 6 - 2 - - - 8
vol $689M $689M
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - 1 - - - 1
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Milestones Restaurant Brand 2021-06-14 - Divestiture
Vaughan, Ontario
Fresh Plant Powered 2021-05-06 - Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.freshplantpowered.com
The Burger's Priest 2021-05-06 - Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.theburgerspriest.com
The Pickle Barrel 2017-10-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Markham, Ontario · www.picklebarrel.ca
Original Joe's Franchise Group, Inc. 2016-11-28 93M USD Add-on Acquisition
Calgary, Alberta · www.originaljoes.ca
Groupe St-Hubert Inc. 2016-03-31 537M USD Add-on Acquisition
Laval, Quebec · ww.st-hubert.com
New York Fries Ltd. 2015-11-02 - Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.newyorkfries.com
The Landing Group 2014-12-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Oakville, Ontario · www.thelandinggroup.ca
Prime Restaurants Inc. 2011-10-17 59M USD Add-on Acquisition
Mississauga, Ontario · www.primerestaurants.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Restaurants 8 (100%) 689M (100%) 1 (100%) -
Total 8 $689M 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Canada 8 689M 1 -
  Ontario 6 59M 1 -
  Quebec 1 537M - -
  Alberta 1 93M - -
Total 8 $689M 1 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $537M
< $100M 2 $152M
TOTAL $689M
Largest Groupe St-Hubert Inc.
$537M (2016-03-31)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
38%
3 (38%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Restaurants

Revenue

865   31% 2020
1,252   6% 2019
1,192   54% 2018
775   68% 2017
463   43% 2016
326   16% 2015
282   2014
(millions of CAD) Show More Show Less

Employees

17,500

Established

1883

Public

Toronto (TSX): RECP

Former Name

Cara Operations Ltd.

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