M&A Deal Summary

SunOpta Acquires Kofman Barenholtz Foods

On September 2, 2004, SunOpta acquired distribution company Kofman Barenholtz Foods

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SunOpta’s 8th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is SunOpta’s 8th transaction in Canada.
  • This is SunOpta’s 4th transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-09-02
Target Kofman Barenholtz Foods
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) SunOpta
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kofman Barenholtz Foods

Concord, Ontario, Canada
Kofman-Barenholtz is an established in the distribution of kosher and specialty grocery products across Canada, with over 50 years of experience. Kofman-Barenholtz maintains a number of exclusive sourcing arrangements with kosher foods suppliers from around the world, including Israel and the United States. Kofman-Barenholtz's focus and strength in the kosher and specialty grocery products market further strengthens SunOpta's Canadian natural, organic and specialty foods distribution network.

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Buyer

SunOpta

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Food
Employees1,174
Revenue 630M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SunOpta is the largest soy processing company in North America, supplying branded product manufacturers such as Hain Celestial (West Soy) and Dean Foods (Silk). The Company also sells other organic, non-genetically modified soy, oat and corn ingredients to food manufacturers. In addition, SunOpta is the largest distributor of organic groceries in Canada. SunOpta?s other holdings include an environmental services company involved in cleaning bridges, ships and other surfaces; and a steam explosion technology division dedicated to exploiting a proprietary technology for extracting pulp in an environmentally friendly manner from straw and other natural products. SunOpta was founded in 1973 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 35
Sector (Distribution) 8 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 31
State (Ontario) 4 of 7
Country (Canada) 8 of 14
Year (2004) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-01 Snapdragon Natural Foods

Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Snapdragon Natural Foods, Inc. is a distributor of organic groceries and frozen products to both the mass market and natural food retailers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-09-13 Organic Ingredients

Aptos, California, United States

Organic Ingredients is a trader and provider of a wide range of certified organic industrial ingredients including processed fruit and vegetable based ingredients, sweeteners, vinegars and others. The company sources and contract manufactures through exclusive arrangements with suppliers located around the world, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia. These exclusive supply arrangements enable the company to maintain a strategic advantage in the organic food ingredient market, in terms of cost and availability of supply.

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