Sectors
Food & Beverage Private Equity
Food makers, co-packers and ingredient suppliers are inspected by food regulators, and most hold state licenses, so most of the market sits in public records. We read those records to map every producer in a niche and who owns it.
What we read
Each agency and each state keeps its own records. Joining them into one map of the market is the work.
- Federal plant inspections
- The meat, poultry and egg plants under federal inspection, and what each one makes.
- Inspection and recall records
- Federal inspection results and recalls, plant by plant.
- Organic certifications
- Every certified organic producer and handler, and what each one is certified for.
- State food licenses
- Licensed food makers and processors, state by state.
- Franchise disclosure filings
- Each franchise system’s units and terms, from state filings.
- Business registrations
- The owners and officers behind each firm.
What we have done here
We keep client names private. This is what the work was.
A lower middle market private equity firm
Owner outreach to co-packers, spice and ingredient makers, and food safety and sterilization firms, as part of one search across several sectors.
A consumer brands company
A capital formation program for its packaged food and household brands.
A franchise buyer
A landscape of drive-thru coffee franchise operators for an add-on search.