Food & Beverage

LongRange Capital agreed to buy the international franchise from Yum! Brands.

The Q1 2026 Food & Beverage CPG Report provides in-depth analysis of industry trends and evolving PE investment strategies, including deals data and maps of key PE-backed companies and investors.

The nonalcoholic beer brand received a strategic investment from Paine Schwartz Partners.

Deal counts are dipping, but premium healthy brands remain resilient on the back of shifting generational priorities

With a $7B infusion of private capital, the drink company will finance its acquisition of JDE Peet’s.

Vehicle for PE firm’s 50% stake in UK-based Froneri attracts Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund as a co-investor.

The acquisition marks the end of Deliveroo’s tumultuous public market life

The acquisition strengthens PepsiCo’s position in the growing functional beverage market, where consumer demand for gut-friendly drinks is rising.

PE investment in food and beverage remained strong in 2024, with health-focused deals thriving and exits surging

The food delivery sector has suffered significant setbacks since the end of lockdowns.

The merger aims to meet rising consumer demand for eco-friendly food packaging.

As consumer preferences evolve, private equity firms target smaller food and beverage CPG deals to capture the next big trend.

Wonder’s purchase of Grubhub marks the company’s latest step in pivoting away from its on-the-go kitchen roots

Epiris-backed hospitality company Big Table Group is being paid roughly $9.4 million to take on The Restaurant Group’s leisure business.

PE investment in Europes beverage sector has been resilient, with both value and volume on course to match or even surpass that of 2022.

For years, startups developing lab-grown meat have dealt with a constant roadblock: It wasnt approved for sale in US grocery stores or restaurants.

Paris-based agri-focused investor Unigrains has topped a list of the most active private equity investors in Europe’s food and drink sector.

Private equity firms have rediscovered their taste for leisure, restaurant and hotel companies following the sector’s crash during the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic.