Retail

Golub Capital backs fast-food chain Church's Texas Chicken

In 2021, Church’s was acquired by High Bluff Capital Partners and Future Standard.

FEP acquires Australian Planet Fitness franchisee Bravo Fit

The sellers include Planet Fitness, which has exited its minority ownership position as a result of the transaction.

Mutares agrees to acquire Free2move car-sharing business from Stellantis

Free2move operates free-floating car-sharing services across 14 cities in Europe and the US.

CBGF invests in hospitality firm Piano Piano

Currently, Piano Piano has seven locations across the Greater Toronto Area and three complementary business divisions.

Mill Point-backed GlacierPoint acquires ice cream distributor Arctica Frozen Solutions

Headquartered in Bronx, New York, GlacierPoint is a direct store delivery distributor of ice cream and other frozen products.

Bain Capital agrees to acquire UK vitamin company Vitabiotics for international expansion

Vitabiotics, founded in 1971, sells nutrition and supplement brands including Pregnacare, Wellman and Perfectil across more than 70 countries.

Camden-backed Triumph Higher Education acquires Culinary Institute of Barcelona

Culinary Institute of Barcelona is a private international culinary school, founded in 2017 by Ferran Fisas, Josep Gala and Pep Nogué.

Platinum Equity and Nestlé to launch $5.6bn water and beverages venture

Peranel will bring together more than 30 water and premium beverage brands sold in 120 countries under a Paris headquarters.