M&A Deal Summary

Vitamin Shoppe Acquires FDC Vitamins

On June 9, 2014, Vitamin Shoppe acquired food company FDC Vitamins from MBF Healthcare Partners for 85M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vitamin Shoppe’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Vitamin Shoppe’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Vitamin Shoppe’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vitamin Shoppe’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-06-09
Target FDC Vitamins
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Vitamin Shoppe
Sellers(s) MBF Healthcare Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 85M USD
Advisor(s) Houlihan Lokey (Financial)
Holland & Knight LLP (Legal)

Target

FDC Vitamins

Miami, Florida, United States
website
FDC Vitamins LLC engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of nutritional supplements, including vitamins, minerals, sports supplements and diet products. The company markets its branded products to wholesalers, distributors, food, drug, and mass merchandisers, pharmacies, health food stores and international customers under the FDC Vitamins, Natural Force and Betancourt Nutrition brand names.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vitamin Shoppe

Secaucus, New Jersey, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Retail
Employees3,503
Revenue 1.1B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements, offering a broad line of products at discounts to list prices. Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is based in Secaucus, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Food) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-17 Super Supplements

Seattle, Washington, United States

Super Supplements, Inc. is a retailer of vitamin, mineral and supplements.

Buy $50M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MBF Healthcare Partners

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 397M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

MBF Healthcare Partners (MBF) is a specialist private equity firm that makes investments in emerging and established healthcare companies. MBF seeks investments in businesses with EBITDA of at least $5 million and valued up to $300 million. MBF prefers control ownership positions with typical acquisitions coming in the form of outright business purchases, growth financings, or recapitalizations. MBF Healthcare Partners is based in Coral Gables, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 13
Sector (Food) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 9
State (Florida) 4 of 9
Country (United States) 6 of 13
Year (2014) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-05 SunCrest Healthcare

Madison, Tennessee, United States

SunCrest Healthcare is a provider of multidisciplinary home health care services to the elderly. The Company operates over 90 branches across 10 states, employing more than 3,000 healthcare professionals and also provides private duty outpatient rehabilitation and hospice services in select markets.

Sell $76M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 Navarro Discount Pharmacies

Medley, Florida, United States

Navarro Discount Pharmacies LLC is a pharmacy retail services company that provides a broad range of pharmacy benefit management services, including retail, mail order and specialty pharmacy services.

Sell -
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