M&A Deal Summary

Schwan s Company Acquires MaMa Rosa s Pizza

On May 31, 2017, Schwan s Company acquired food company MaMa Rosa s Pizza from HGGC

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Schwan s Company’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Schwan s Company’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Schwan s Company’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-31
Target MaMa Rosa s Pizza
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Schwan s Company
Sellers(s) HGGC
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

MaMa Rosa s Pizza

Sidney, Ohio, United States
MaMa Rosa's Pizza LLC is a provider of refrigerated pizza products under the Mama Angelina’s, Old Italian and Lean Lifestyle brands. MaMa Rosa’s sells refrigerated pizza’s–not frozen, can be found in the deli/meat or dairy section of a grocery store.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Schwan s Company

Marshall, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1952
Sector Food
Employees12,000
Revenue 3.0B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Schwan’s Company is a frozen food company that operates nationwide frozen food manufacturing infrastructure and sales network. The Company has 17 manufacturing facilities and 10 distribution centers in the US, and competes with global food companies including Nestlé in the frozen pizza, frozen pie, and frozen Asian appetizer categories with #1 or #2 in market shares.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Food) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2017) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-11 Bi-Phase Technologies

United States

Bi-Phase Technologies LLC is a electronic fuel-injection system manufacturer.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-24 Better Baked Foods

North East, Pennsylvania, United States

Better Baked Foods, Inc. is a maker of pizza, French bread pizza and sandwich items for private-label customers and food-service venues, and offers brands such as Better Baked Classics™, Daybreak Classics®, Papa Presto®, Zap-A-Snack® and Odyssey® foods in retail stores. The business, which includes Better Baked Foods of Erie, LLC, operates production facilities in North East, Penn.; Erie, Penn.; and Westfield, N.Y

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HGGC

Palo Alto, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 6.9B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HGGC (formerly Huntsman Gay Global Capital) focuses on middle-market leveraged buyouts, growth equity financings, recapitalizations, take privates, and corporate divestitures. The Firm primarily targets North American companies, but will consider international opportunities as well. HGGC looks for companies with at least $100 million in revenue. HGGC primarily targets enterprise software companies, however, the Firm will also consider opportunities in business services, consumer services, financial services, healthcare, industrial services, and information services. HGGC was formed in 2007 and is based in Palo Alto, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 24
Sector (Food) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 13
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 21
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-22 Better Being

Palo Alto, California, United States

Better Being is a whole-body wellness enterprise that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes trusted and beneficial vitamins, supplements, minerals and personal care products through a portfolio of differentiated brands. Better Being was founded in 1993 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Buy $446M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-28 Denodo

Palo Alto, California, United States

Denodo is a provider of data virtualization services, offering real-time, high performance data integration and data abstraction. Denodo’s solution enables enterprise customers unparalleled ability to access unified business information across the broadest range of enterprise, cloud, big data, and unstructured data sources, along with real-time data services. Denodo is based in Palo Alto, California.

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