private equity — Latest Stories

Private Equity’s Cold Storage Roll-Up Could Pay Off in 2024, but It Cost Small Food Companies

Just two companies control over 70% of cold storage in the US. Dozens of acquisitions shut small food companies out of chilled warehouse space. But new construction is on the rise.

Private Equity Prompts Another Grocery Merger, Aldi and Winn-Dixie

After extracting hundreds of millions in dividends and navigating two bankruptcies, Lone Star private equity wants to sell Winn-Dixie to Aldi, further consolidating the Florida grocery market and putting thousands of jobs at risk.

RetailClaire KellowaySeptember 21, 2023grocery, Groceries, mergers, private equity, Aldi, Secondary Feature

States Attorneys General Challenge Albertsons Private Equity Payout

Legal challenges to Albertsons’s special dividend put a spotlight on the ways private equity extraction drives grocery consolidation.

Retail, Mergers & AcquisitionsClaire KellowayNovember 10, 2022grocery, private equity, merger, Albertsons, Kroger, Secondary Feature

One Private Equity Fund Could Own a Quarter of the Chicken Houses for Costco’s Nebraska Project

Will out-of-state investors own a sizable portion of Costco’s chicken production? One investor from North Carolina has applied for permits to build at least 132 chicken houses across nine locations in four Nebraska counties, according to public documents reviewed by Food & Power. Read Claire Kelloway's latest story on how one private equity fund could own a quarter of the chicken houses for Costco’s project in Nebraska.

Poultry & LivestockClaire KellowayAugust 15, 2019chicken, contract farming, Costco, LLC, poultry, private equity, retailers