M&A Deal Summary

Stonegate Group Acquires Living Ventures

On August 12, 2013, Stonegate Group acquired restaurant Living Ventures from The Restaurant Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Stonegate Group’s 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Stonegate Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-08-12
Target Living Ventures
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Stonegate Group
Sellers(s) The Restaurant Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Living Ventures

Cheshire, United Kingdom
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Living Ventures is a operator of The Living Room bar and restaurant chain, a casual dining restaurant and bar which provides a high quality product combined with superior service to a broad customer base.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Stonegate Group

West Midlands, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Restaurants
DESCRIPTION

Stonegate Group operates over 690 pubs and bars across the UK, within a wide variety of formats. Stonegate Group was founded in 2010 and is based in West Midlands, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2013) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-23 Be At One

London, United Kingdom

Be At One Ltd. is a cocktail bar operator. Be At One offers champagne and sparkling wine, mojito and caipirinha, iced tea martinis, and brandy. Be At One Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Restaurant Group

London, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Restaurants
Employees14,000
Revenue 883M GBP (2022)
DESCRIPTION

The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses. The Restaurant Group was founded in 1954 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-01 Living Ventures

Cheshire, United Kingdom

Living Ventures is a operator of The Living Room bar and restaurant chain, a casual dining restaurant and bar which provides a high quality product combined with superior service to a broad customer base.

Buy £26M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-30 Wagamama

Southwark, United Kingdom

Wagamama provides pan-Asian inspired cuisine serving food based on Japanese cuisine with 108 restaurants around the world. Wagamama was formed in 1992 and is based in London. United Kingdom.

Buy £559M
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