Oghma Partners
Covers developments from a UK-based corporate finance advisory firm specialising in the food, beverage, and hospitality sectors. Updates include M&A transactions, investment deals, strategic partnerships, and market analysis, alongside insights into sector valuation trends, growth strategies, and the role of financial advisory in shaping the future of hospitality and foodservice businesses.
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Oct- 2024 -2 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 02/10/24
Shepherd Neame’s revenues have hit a “record” £172.3m for the year ended 29 June, following strong performances in London and its tenanted pubs division. It comes as divisional revenues in tenanted pubs grew by 5.1% to £35.6m during the year, with divisional underlying operating profits inching up to £12.8m from…
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2 OctoberFood and Drink
UK F&B M&A up 32.4% in Q2 2024
The UK Food and Beverage M&A activity saw an increase of 32.4% year on year in Q2 2024, with 49 transactions completed, according to a new report from corporate finance house, Oghma Partners. The estimated deal value surged to approximately £6.0bn, primarily driven by a few large deals such as…
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May- 2024 -22 MayNews
Today’s news in brief – 22/05/24
M&A in the country’s F&B sector hit its highest deal volume since 2016, according to a report by Oghma Partners. For the first four months of 2024, there has been an increase by 30.3% in the volume of deals (43 transactions) compared to the same period in the prior year.…
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22 MayNews
Food and Beverage M&A activity reaches highest deal volume since 2016
M&A in the UK food and beverage sector reached its highest deal volume since T1 2016 according to the new UK Food and Beverage Sector M&A report by Oghma Partners. For the first four months of 2024, there has been an increase by 30.3% in the volume of deals (43…
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Oct- 2023 -3 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 03/10/23
Greggs reported a 20.8% increase in total sales for the 13 weeks ending 30 September. Company-managed shop like-for-like sales also rose by 14.2%, driven by extended trading hours and increased app usage. Evening trade contributed to 8.8% of sales, and 13.1% of transactions were made through the Greggs app. The…
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3 OctoberBeverages
UK F&B M&A activity up 68.2% despite absence of higher market deals
UK Food and Beverage M&A activity has seen a 68.2% increase in the volume of deals (37 transactions) compared with the same period in the prior year, according to Oghma Partners’ Food and Beverage M&A report. Deal value has also increased by 49.1% to c. £400.0m compared with the same…
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Sep- 2022 -20 SeptemberFood and Drink
UK F&B sector M&A deal value falls 90%, says Oghma Partners
Corporate finance house, Oghma Partners, revealed that the UK food and beverage M&A deals are currently valued at around £270m compared to £3.9bn in the prior year, which is a decline of more than 90%. It is reported that the market activity in May to August 2022 also saw a…
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Jan- 2021 -20 JanuaryBusiness
M&A in the Food and Beverage sector down to 2009 levels
The UK F&B M&A market showed “encouraging signs of recovery” in the last four months of the year, however deals were still “significantly down” on 2019 levels according to the latest report from Oghma Partners. The report found that total deal volume for the period amounted to 28 transactions which…
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