Canadian private equity firm Fulcrum Capital Partners has provided growth capital out of its $344 million Private Equity Fund V to Vitalus Nutrition, a provider of specialty cream and milk protein ingredients.
An investor consortium which includes The Carlyle Group, Chinese conglomerate CITIC Limited and its investment unit CITIC Capital Holdings has bought the Hong Kong and China businesses of McDonald’s for $2.08 billion.
The acquisition of a 16,595-acre farm in southeast Colorado expands the REIT’s presence in hay production following purchase of its first such property last year.
Chicago-based private equity firm Kenex Holdings has acquired Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts, an Aiea, Hawaii-based manufacturer of mochi ice cream.
Falconhead Capital has sold its controlling stake in Rita’s Franchise Company to Argosy Private Equity and MTN Capital.
Charlesbank had acquired Geneva, Illinois-based Peacock, which operates seven manufacturing facilities totaling more than two million sq ft in California, Illinois and Ohio, in 2010.
The deal for a 75 percent stake in Gastronomia & Negocios uses equity from Carlyle’s $308 million Peru Fund.
The de Rijcke family vehicle has invested in Countryside Dairy to support the company’s plans for expansion in the regional dairy sector.
Hygiena has agreed to acquire the assets of DuPont Diagnostics, the global science company’s food safety diagnostics business, for an undisclosed sum.
Strauss Group has announced that private equity giant TPG is mulling the sale of its 25.1 percent share in Strauss Coffee, stating that “the process of considering possibilities for selling the shares has begun”.