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Roark Capital to exit Pet Valu in secondary bought deal offering
Roark Capital Group has agreed to exit Pet Valu, a Canadian retailer of pet food and pet-related supplies, in a secondary bought deal offering.
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Roark Capital acquires Dave's Hot Chicken for $1B and eyes international growth
The fast-casual chain went from parking-lot popup to 10-digit deal in eight years. As the "rock star" in the private-equity ...
A Hot Chicken Chain Founded in 2017 Was Just Acquired for $1 Billion: 'One of the Great Entrepreneurial Journeys of our Time'
Four childhood friends took Dave's Hot Chicken from portable fryers in a parking lot to a billion-dollar restaurant ...
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Subway owner buys chicken chain
Dave’s Hot Chicken said Monday it has been acquired by private equity firm Roark Capital in a deal valued at $1 billion.
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Roark Capital gobbles up another restaurant chain
The private-equity firm just bought its 21st restaurant chain in Dave’s Hot Chicken. It remains a close second to giant ...
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Roark Capital to buy sandwich chain Subway for up to $9.55 billion
Roark prevailed over a rival bidding group led by buyout firms TDR Capital and Sycamore Partners, whose final offer was for $8.75 billion including an earn-out, and $8.25 billion without ...
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One private-equity firm controls more than a dozen of the biggest restaurant chains
The restaurant chains Subway, Arby's, and Buffalo Wild Wings have a common owner. Roark Capital Group has been buying up restaurant chains for nearly 25 years. It's one example of how consumer ...