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Create Restaurants Holdings Acquires SFP Dining

On April 1, 2013, Create Restaurants Holdings acquired restaurant SFP Dining from Polaris Capital Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Create Restaurants Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Create Restaurants Holdings’ 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-04-01
Target SFP Dining
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Create Restaurants Holdings
Sellers(s) Polaris Capital Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SFP Dining

Tokyo, Japan
SFP Dining Co., Ltd. operates “Toriyoshi” brand restaurants serving fried and grilled chicken and “Isomaru Suisan” brand restaurants serving seafood.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Create Restaurants Holdings

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Restaurants
Employees4,205
Revenue 145.8B JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Create Restaurants Holdings plans, develops, and directly manages a diverse format of stores ranging from casual food courts. Create Restaurants Holdings was founded in 1997 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-12 Il Fornaio

Corte Madera, California, United States

Il Fornaio is an upscale restaurant concept serving creatively prepared, premium-quality Italian cuisine based on authentic regional recipes. Il Fornaio's wholesale bakeries produce over 100 varieties of hand-made breads, pastries and other artisan baked goods for sale at their own locations. Il Fornaio was founded in 1980 and is based in Corte Madera, California.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Polaris Capital Group

Tokyo, Japan

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Polaris Capital Group is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized opportunities throughout Japan. Polaris generally seeks manufacturing companies with competitive technologies/processes, but the Firm will also consider consumer goods, retail, logistics and other service based businesses possessing strong brands or unique business models with potential to expand. Prospective transaction situations of interest include business successions and corporate carve-outs. Polaris Capital Group was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 23
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 10
Country (Japan) 6 of 23
Year (2013) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-01 Socie World

Tokyo, Japan

Socie World operates aesthetic salons for middle to high-end female customers as well as hair salons, eye lash salons and sports clubs. Socie World was founded in 1960 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-01 Tobu Top Tours

Tokyo, Japan

Tobu Top Tours Co., Ltd is a operator as a travel agency.

Sell -
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