Mergers & Acquisitions

Want to buy a franchisee of a well-known brand? It’s going to cost you. As we wrote yesterday, large franchisees are fetching higher prices — making this one of the best sellers’ markets in recent memory. These days, prices for large-scale fra...

Combined company could ignite more mergers in the foodservice industry

Combined entity to create third-largest packaged food company in U.S.

Company sees burger brand as growth opportunity

The price for shares of stock in Ignite Restaurant Group has plunged nearly 30 percent over the past three days — and it has nothing to do with its recent sale of Macaroni Grill. Ignite announced the sale of Mac Grill for $8 million one week a...

Zensho America Corp. to divest Coco’s Bakery Restaurant, Carrows brands

Buffet chain owner hires Duff & Phelps to analyze strategic alternatives

Jonathan MazeBiglari Holdings defended its CEO and its track record and questioned the capabilities of investors targeting the board for a complete takeover in a letter sent to shareholders this week. The letter is the first public response fr...

Deal values chain at $500 million

The downfall of Romano’s Macaroni Grill has been spectacular. Once one of the hottest restaurant brands in the country, the Italian chain’s value has fallen by more than 95 percent in less than seven years. In August 2008, Brinker Internationa...