M&A Deal Summary

Famous Brands Management Co. Acquires Lamberts Bay Foods

On May 26, 2016, Famous Brands Management Co. acquired food company Lamberts Bay Foods from Oceana Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Famous Brands Management Co.’s 3rd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Famous Brands Management Co.’s 6th transaction in South Africa.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-05-26
Target Lamberts Bay Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Famous Brands Management Co.
Sellers(s) Oceana Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Lamberts Bay Foods

Lamberts Bay, South Africa
Lamberts Bay Foods Ltd. is a fries and other value added potato products manufacturer. LBF was established in 1995 and is headquartered in Lamberts Bay, South Africa.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Famous Brands Management Co.

Midrand, South Africa

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Restaurants
DESCRIPTION

Steers, South Africa’s leading burger brand has been serving South Africans its legendary 100% pure beef, flame-grilled burgers and handmade chips for almost 50 years. Steers has won the Leisure Options Award for the Best Burger for the past 17 years running, and Best Chips for the past 14. Steers success is due in part to its extensive network of 505 local restaurants together with its growing African footprint of 45 restaurants, operating in countries such as Nigeria, Mauritius and Zambia. Steers track-record proves that flame-grilled, just tastes better.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector: Food M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: South Africa M&A 6 of 6
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-16 Salsa Mexican Grill

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salsa Mexican Grill is a fast casual dining centered on traditional Mexican food and beverages.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-01 Gourmet Burger Kitchen

London, United Kingdom

Gourmet Burger Kitchen Ltd. owns and operates a chain of restaurants that offers chicken, cheese, beef burger and veggies.

Buy £120M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Oceana Group

Cape Town, South Africa

Category Company
Founded 1918
Sector Food
Employees2,319
Revenue 10.1B ZAR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Oceana Group is a fishing company. Oceana fishing business is the catching, processing, marketing and distribution of canned fish, fishmeal and fish oil, horse mackerel and hake, lobster and squid. Oceana Group was founded in 1918 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-04 CCS Logistics

Cape Town, South Africa

CCS Logistics provides cold-chain warehousing and logistics services, offering temperature-controlled storage, blast freezing, bonded warehousing, container de-stuffing, palletisation, and multi-temperature storage for perishable foods and other temperature-sensitive goods. CCS Logistics was founded in 1971 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Sell R760M