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Gryphon Gobbles Up Two Snack Companies for $250 Million: UPDATEDGryphon Investors has gobbled up two companies as it builds a healthy snack platform. San Francisco-based Gryphon on Monday said it had bought Ann’s House of Nuts and American Importing Co., or Amport. The acquisition of both companies is valued at $250 million, a source says. Both transactions closed Friday. Columbia, Md.-based Ann’s House of Nuts makes private label and branded snack nut and trail mix products. Amport, of Minneapolis, makes and markets private label dried fruits. The companies will not be merged but will operate independently under one holding company, says Nick Orum, Gryphon’s president. They will cooperate on sales and marketing, he says.
- Olympus Partners Sells Ann's House of Nuts
Olympus Partners said late Sunday that it has sold Ann's House of Nuts. The buyer is Gryphon Investors. Financial terms were not announced. Columbia, Md.-based Ann's House of Nuts makes private label and branded snack nut and trail mix products. Olympus, of Stamford, Conn., is a PE firm. News of the deal was previously reported http://www.buyoutsnews.com/story.asp?sectioncode=&storycode=1823549 by Buyouts.
- Smile Brands Switches PE Hands for Third Time, Welsh To Buy Stakes from Gryphon and CTRS
Private Equity really likes Smile Brands, which last week announced a sale to Welsh Carson. The deal, once it closes, will mark the third time a buyout shop has owned Smile Brands, which provides dental support services, facilities and equipment to dentists. Last week, Welsh Carson said it was buying /87427/welsh-carson-buys-majority-stake-in-smile-brands-from-freeman-spogli/ a majority stake in Smile Brands from Freeman Spogli & Co. Financial terms weren't announced. Freeman Spogli bought Smile Brands from Gryphon Investors in 2005 for about $340 million. Gryphon, a San Francisco PE firm, acquired the company in 1998, when it was known as Bright Now! Dental. Welsh Carson is expected to close the Smile Brands buy in December.
- peHUB Wire: Thursday, September 9, 2010
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- peHUB Wire: Thursday, September 9, 2010
Why Venture? Why Now?
- Ann's House Of Nuts To Switch PE Owners
Gryphon Investors is in talks to buy Ann's House of Nuts Inc. from Olympus Partners, according to Buyouts http://www.buyoutsnews.com/story.asp?sectioncode=48&storycode=1823551 Ann's House of Nuts, founded in 1973, sells trail mixes and nuts under the Ann's House, Ann's House of Nuts and Nature's Harvest brands, according to the story. The company also provides private-label nuts for wholesale clubs and other outlets, including Costco Wholesale Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal could close by the end of the month, Buyouts said.