United Natural Foods has acquired 8 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.
United Natural Foods’ largest acquisition to date was in 2018, when it acquired SUPERVALU for $2.9B. United Natural Foods has acquired in 4 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include distribution (63%) and retail (25%).
Join Mergr and gain access to United Natural Foods’ M&A summary, the M&A summaries of companies just like it, as well as recent M&A activity in the distribution sector.
313 Iron Horse Way,
Providence,
Rhode Island 02908
United States,
(401) 528-8634
www.unfi.com
UNFI is an independent US distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products including nutritional supplements, personal care items and organic produce. In addition to distribution services, UNFI provides a range of value-added services for customers and suppliers, including marketing and promotional tools, merchandising, category management and store support services. United Natural Foods was formed in 1976 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island.
| Year | ≤ '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buy (0.8/yr) | # | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| vol | $195M | $286M | $2.9B | $3.4B | ||||
| Sell (0.0/yr) | # | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| 8 | ||||||||
| Financial | Deals |
|---|---|
|
Sign-up to View
|
1 |
|
Sign-up to View
|
1 |
| Legal | Deals |
|---|---|
|
Sign-up to View
|
1 |
|
Sign-up to View
|
1 |
| Buy | # | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| > $1B | Sign-up to View | |
| $100M to $1B | Sign-up to View | |
| < $100M | Sign-up to View | |
| TOTAL | Sign-up to View | |
| Largest |
SUPERVALU, Inc. $2.9B (2018-07-26) |
|
| Sell | # | Total |
|---|---|---|
| > $1B | Sign-up to View | |
| $100M to $1B | Sign-up to View | |
| < $100M | Sign-up to View | |
| Total | Sign-up to View | |
When analyzing the distribution sector as a whole, according to Mergr, in the last 3 years, there are 238 distribution companies that have made at least 1 acquisition, 31 have acquired at least 5 companies, and 12 have acquired more than 10 companies.
The most prolific strategic distribution acquirer over the past 3 years is RelaDyne, with 15 acquisitions. The most prolific private equity acquirer in the distribution sector over the past 3 years is The Sterling Group with 4 platform acquisitions.
We built Mergr to save people the arduous and time-consuming process of tracking when companies are bought, sold, and who currently owns them.
Every day, new opportunities emerge around M&A and we help professionals of all types comb through transactions, investors, and corporate acquirers via an easy-to-use web database that is accessible to anyone.
Try us for 1 week free today!
No obligation. Cancel anytime.
