Why Retail is a Bright Spot in M&A—& other food industry merger trends
Brian Todd of the Food Institute will look at the trends among the transactions tallied by the association in 2018, driven largely by retailers, which bounced back from a slow year in 2017. He will determine what the hotspots are and what might be coming down the road.
David Schoeder of The Food Partners will take a look at out how the supermarket landscape is changing as result of all of this activity and what the future may bring for food retailers over the next year.
Karen Martin of BMO Capital Markets will discuss the current M&A market conditions for warehouses and other food industry companies, reflecting on recent transactions, as well as the status of the equity and debt markets, and other industry conditions.
Sponsored by:
BMO Harris Bank
Food, Consumer and Agribusiness Group
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Brian graduated from Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ with a B.A. in Political Science and also holds a Masters in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
In addition, he has extensive experience with the installation of ESOP’s for companies in the food sector. Prior to founding TFP, he served as managing director at both KPMG Retail Ventures and the Cooperative Funding Corp., the investment banking affiliate of National Cooperative Bank.
Karen has executed transactions spanning outright sales, acquisitions, take-over defense, recapitalizations, carve-outs and general advisory. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, Karen was with Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. for ten years where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.
Karen has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University.
