A Piece of the Pie: Specialty Food Distribution Growth Opportunities

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Harris-Williams Bio-Crop 0030 Tim Alexander Web (3)

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Harris-Williams Bio-Crop 0084 0982 BobBaltimore

Co-Head of M&A, Group Head, Managing Director

Harris-Williams Bio-Crop 0051 Brant Cash Web (3)

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Harris-Williams Bio-Crop 0034 Richard Furseth Web (2)

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A specialty food distributor supplying over 40,000 perishable and non-perishable specialty food SKUs.

DPI Specialty Foods

United States

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Leading distributor of a variety of packaged protein products to retail and foodservice customers, including independent grocers, chain supermarkets, foodservice distributors, food manufacturers, and club stores.

Harvest Meat Company, Inc.

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H.I.G. Capital has acquired Lipari Foods, one of the largest specialty food products distributors in the Midwest.

Lipari Foods

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One of the largest distributors of fresh and frozen foods in the Eastern United States, Puerto Rico, and Latin America.

Quirch Foods®

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A leading provider of on-trend, value-added specialty protein, bakery and sauce products 
 
 A portfolio company of Grey Mountain Partners 
 
 Has been acquired by Entrepreneurial Equity Partners

Kronos Foods

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Lancaster Foods, a leading diversified produce wholesaler and subsidiary of Guest Services, has been acquired by The Coastal Companies, a portfolio company of Continental Grain&rsquo;s Arlon Group.

Lancaster Foods

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Harris Williams advised Quirch Foods, a portfolio company of Palladium Equity Partners, on its acquisition of Colorado Boxed Beef Co., a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners. Quirch Foods is one of the largest distributors of fresh and frozen proteins and other food products in the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico and Latin America. Colorado Boxed Beef Co. is a leading distributor of proteins in select markets across the United States.

Quirch Foods

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Harris Williams is advising JM Swank, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, on its pending sale to Brenntag (XTRA:BNR). JM Swank is a leading U.S. food ingredient distributor with national reach.

JM Swank

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