M&A Deal Summary

AFA Foods Acquires United Food Group

On February 1, 2010, AFA Foods acquired food company United Food Group from American Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AFA Foods’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is AFA Foods’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is AFA Foods’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-01
Target United Food Group
Sector Food
Buyer(s) AFA Foods
Sellers(s) American Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

United Food Group

Los Angeles, California, United States
United Food Group LLC ('UFG') is a value-added processor of fresh, frozen and fully-cooked beef products. It offers fresh, frozen, fully-cooked, and case-ready ground beef products. The company also provides chubs, hamburger patties, and kettles. It serves fast food chains, restaurants, and grocery stores.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AFA Foods

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1967
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

AFA Foods was originally created to process meat for the fast-food chain Gino's Inc. in 1967 and has since grown, acquiring United Food Group in 2010, to process more than 500 million pounds of ground beef products a year. Its products are sold by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), Safeway Inc. (SWY), Supervalu Inc. (SVU), Burger King, Jack in the Box Inc. (JACK), Carl Karcher Enterprises, Wendy's Co. (WEN) and Del Taco Inc.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

American Capital


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 22.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

American Capital was a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine investment firm. American Capital invested in buyouts, growth capital financings, acquistion financings, and recapitalizations. The Firm looked to finance businesses with at least $4 million in EBITDA and valued between $20 and $500 million. American Capital ws a generalist firm with broad interest in traditional industries such as manufacturing, distribution, and services. American Capital's European investment affiliate is European Capital. European Capital looked to invest $10 to $600 million of equity, mezzanine, and/or senior debt in similar opportunities across Europe. American Capital was formed in 1997 and in January 2017, merged with Ares Capital Management.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 108 of 194
Sector: Food M&A 6 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 52 of 87
State: California M&A 17 of 30
Country: United States M&A 106 of 186
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-16 Jones Stephens

Moody, Alabama, United States

Jones Stephens Corp. is a value added designer, manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of specialty plumbing products, primarily serving plumbing wholesalers, do-it-yourself (“DIY”) retailers and hardware stores. Jones Stephens offers its products under the well-respected Jones Stephens™ and PlumBest® brand names. The Company’s products are used in repair, remodel and new construction applications within both the residential and commercial markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-04 Fleischmann s Vinegar Co.

Cerritos, California, United States

Fleischmann's Vinegar Co. Inc. is a USDA certified all-natural producer of specialty ingredients that further support Kerry’s taste and clean label strategies across a number of End Use Markets. It is headquartered in California and has manufacturing facilities in Washington, New York, Maryland, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama and California.

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