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Restaurant deals are vibrant in 2016: Investors are pouring money into small growth chains and lenders are active. But no restaurant companies have gone public in more than a year.
What picture does that paint in terms of restaurant investment?
Three veterans from the finance world gave their views on a panel Monday titled “Investor Strategies: Who Invests and Why.”
Brad Swanson, managing director and head of restaurants and foodservice, leisure and fitness for KeyBanc Capital Markets, described the recent dearth of initial public offerings in the restaurant space as “the pause that refreshes.”
The industry saw a wave of IPOs from 2002 to 2006, including then-hot chains like Buffalo Wild Wings and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Those four years of ...
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