Add-on Acquisition • Food

Taylor Fresh Foods Acquires River Ranch Fresh Food

On August 13, 2010, Taylor Fresh Foods acquired food company River Ranch Fresh Food from York Street Capital Partners, FdG Associates and Barings Private Equity

Acquisition Context
  • This is Taylor Fresh Foods’ 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Taylor Fresh Foods’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Taylor Fresh Foods’ 1st transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date August 13, 2010
Target River Ranch Fresh Food
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Taylor Fresh Foods
Sellers(s) York Street Capital Partners
FdG Associates
Barings Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

River Ranch Fresh Food

Salinas, California, United States
River Ranch is the fresh produce processor and distributor of private label salads, spinach and fresh-cut vegetables to the retail, club and food service channels in North America.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Taylor Fresh Foods

Salinas, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. produces and supplies salads, cut vegetables, and snacks.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector: Food 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition 2 of 3
State: California 1 of 2
Country: United States 2 of 3
Year: 2010 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 Steam Cuisine

United States

Steam Cuisine offers entrees and side dishes. The company provides harvest vegetables side dishes, vegetable entrees, sauces, starch, seafood entrees, and chicken entrees and other prepared refrigerated meals.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-11 Earthbound Farm

San Juan Bautista, California, United States

Earthbound Farm LLC is the largest producer of organic salads in the U.S. Earthbound Farm got its humble start more than 30 years ago, not many people were growing produce organically. It was often seen as inferior quality and relegated to hole-in-the-wall health food stores. And “salad” was iceberg lettuce.

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Seller Profiles 3

SELLER

York Street Capital Partners

Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

Investor


Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 559M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

York Street Capital Partners is an investment firm focused on providing mezzanine and equity capital to private equity sponsors. York Street looks to fund acquisitions, buyouts, growth capital, and recapitalizations of middle-market companies. Target sectors include consumer products and services, business services, manufacturing and industrial, aerospace, retail, restaurants, healthcare, transportation and logistics, food, and agriculture. York Street Capital Partners was formed in 2002 and is based in Bedminster, New Jersey.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 8 of 17
Sector: Food 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 3 of 7
State: California 4 of 5
Country: United States 8 of 15
Year: 2010 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-24 Hudson Products

Beasley, Texas, United States

Hudson Products Corp. is a provider of heat transfer solutions firms providing air-cooled heat exchangers and axial-flow fans to some of the largest processors in the petroleum, natural gas, power generation, petrochemical and chemical industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-05 i2

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

i2 is a security intelligence analysis software that provides advanced analytics and intelligence analysis tools, such as the industry-leading i2 Analyst’s Notebook, which helps analysts transform data into decisions in near-real-time, uncover hidden connections with visual displays, and turn overwhelming and disparate data. i2 product portfolio including the i2 Analyst’s Notebook, i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis (EIA), and i2 iBase platforms. i2 was founded in 1990 and is based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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SELLER

FdG Associates

New York, New York, United States

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 500M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

FdG Associates is a private equity firm that looks to invest in middle market companies valued between $40 and $150 million. FdG prefers investment candidates located in the US or Canada exhibiting significant growth potential. Sectors of interest include business and financial services, consumer products, consumer services, value-added distribution, light manufacturing, and retail. FdG's target equity investment size is $15 to $50 million. Prospective transaction types include recapitalizations, management buyouts, growth financings, and industry consolidations. FdG Associates was formed in 1995 and is based in New York City with an additional office in Los Angeles.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 8 of 13
Sector: Food 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 3 of 5
State: California 1 of 2
Country: United States 8 of 13
Year: 2010 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-24 Joseph B. Fay Co.

Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States

Joseph B. Fay is a general contractor specializing in complex demolition, heavy highway and heavy civil projects, including bridges, roadways, power plant and transmission facilities, locks and dams, railroad bridges and underground utility projects.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-15 Vintage Nurseries

Wasco, California, United States

Vintage Nurseries is a producer of grafted grapevine rootstocks for the wine grape, table grape and raisin markets. Vintage Nurseries is recognized throughout the grapevine nursery industry as the high-quality, low-cost producer of dormant and greenhouse-grown benchgrafts and other vineyard-related products, with a reputation for strong customer service and for product quality and manufacturing innovation. Vintage Nurseries is based in Wasco, California.

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SELLER

Barings Private Equity

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 5.9B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Barings Private Equity is the private equity arm of global asset management firm Barings. The Group looks to invest in mezzanine, distressed, and other private equity transactions including secondaries and funds. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, business services, distribution, consumer products, consumer services, food products, packaging, and healthcare. Barings Private Equity was originally established in 1991 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 2 of 41
Sector: Food 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 2 of 24
State: California 1 of 2
Country: United States 2 of 36
Year: 2010 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-11 Wheaton Industries

Millville, New Jersey, United States

Wheaton Industries, Inc. is a marketer, manufacturer and re-packager of containers, laboratory ware, instrumentation and associated products and services sold principally to customers in the general laboratory, life sciences, and diagnostics and reagent / chemicals packaging markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-15 Greenleaf Power

Sacramento, California, United States

Greenleaf Power acquires, develops, owns, and operates power projects that utilize residual biomass as fuel. Greenleaf Power currently owns and operates more than 145 megawatts of biomass-generating assets in North America. Greenleaf Power was founded in 2010 and is based in Sacramento, California.

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