M&A Deal Summary

Swander Pace Capital Acquires Café Valley Bakery

On September 17, 2019, private equity firm Swander Pace Capital acquired food company Café Valley Bakery

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Swander Pace Capital’s 24th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Swander Pace Capital’s 37th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Swander Pace Capital’s 2nd transaction in Arizona.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-09-17
Target Café Valley Bakery
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Swander Pace Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Cody Peak Advisors (Financial)

Target

Café Valley Bakery

Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Café Valley Bakery is a manufacturer of croissants and sweet baked goods including cakes, muffins, coffee cake bites, and loaf cakes. Café Valley Bakery is a wholesale bakery serving the In-Store Bakery (ISB), Club Store, Mass Merchandise, Foodservice, and Convenience-Store segments. Café Valley Bakery was founded in 1987 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Buyer

Swander Pace Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 1.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Swander Pace Capital (SPC) is a private equity firm focused on investing in North American middle-market consumer products companies. SPC looks for companies exhibiting strong growth potential and sales of up to $500 million. Specific areas of interest include food/beverage, household products, health living, packaging, personal care, pet products, sporting goods, specialty apparel, and specialty distribution. Prospective investment situations include management-led buyouts, consolidations, divestitures, turnarounds, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. SPC was formed in 1996 and has offices in San Francisco, California; Bedminster, New Jersey; and Ontario, Canada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 45 of 51
Sector (Food) 24 of 26
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 29 of 33
State (Arizona) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 37 of 41
Year (2019) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-25 Bragg Live Food Products

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Bragg Live Food Products is a provider of health-focused food and dietary products including condiments, seasonings, dressings, and ready-to-drink beverages. Bragg Live Food Products was founded in 1912 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-21 Passport Foods

Ontario, California, United States

Passport Foods is a manufacturer and distributor of internationally-flavored foods to foodservice and retail channels in North America. Today Passport offers over 125 product SKUs across a comprehensive range of authentic, boldly-flavored product categories to food retailers and restaurants around the country. Headquartered in Southern California, Passport Foods has over 170 employees and was founded in 1978.

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