• What we do
    • Acquisition
    • Divestment
    • Strategy
  • Why Oghma
  • Deals
  • Team
Menu

Consumer – Food & Beverage Acquisition activity by volume increases in 2011 – outlook set fair for 2012

Posted on January 17, 2012April 22, 2022 by oghma

Oghma Partners LLP, the Consumer Sector focused corporate finance boutique, is pleased to announce the publication of its review of disposals and acquisitions in the UK Food & Beverage Sector in 2011 and the outlook for 2012.

Key findings of the review include; a fall in value in 2011 but a rise in the volume of deals including a pick-up in volume and value through the last third of the year.

Valuation: despite the challenging trading and economic climate – the data for exit multiples suggest that the multiple paid for businesses was broadly in line with that of 2011.

Outlook: whilst the macro environment remains far from benign there are signs that the appetite of buyers remains robust. There appears a split between the ‘have’s and the have-not’s’ in the sector i.e. those with cash and those without. For the latter, disposal is the way to reduce debt and/or find working capital to grow the business. For those with cash, the current environment represents a significant opportunity for sector consolidation a ‘arguably a once in a generation opportunity’.

For further information please click here.

Categories2012 News, Latest News

Post navigation

Previous PostPrevious Acquisitions and Disposals in the European Produce Sector
Next PostNext Intervention in the UK Brewing Industry

Recent Posts

  • Oghma advises C.T. Holmes on sale to Brasmar Group
  • UK Food & Beverage M&A – Still A Number of Headwinds Impacting M&A Activity Into 2023
  • Fragmented Market provides opportunities in European Food Ingredients M&A
  • UK Food & Beverage M&A – Deal Volume Continues To Decline
  • Venture Activity in Food & Drink – Early stage investment in the UK Food & Drink Industry 2012-22

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Oghma Partners LLP

49 Grosvenor Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 3HP

+44 (0) 20 8049 2200
info@oghmapartners.com
2023 Oghma Partners LLP. All rights reserved
Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

    Contact Michael Booth

    • What we do
      • Acquisition
      • Divestment
      • Strategy
    • Why Oghma
    • Deals
    • Team
    • News
    • M&A Review
    • Contact us
    +44 (0) 20 8049 2200 info@oghmapartners.com
    • Oghma auf Deutsch
    • Oghma en español
    • Oghma en français