Petaluma, CA – March 2, 2017 – O Olive Oil, Inc., an innovator and industry leader in the development, marketing and selling of California specialty olive oils and wine vinegars, has completed the sale of the Company to Landec Corporation (Nasdaq: LNDC). The highly strategic transaction will enable O Olive Oil to partner with a larger, well-capitalized Company…
San Francisco, CA – December 2, 2016 – Pacific Coast (“PCC”), a leading distributor of ingredients, raw materials and specialty products to the Food & Beverage, Wine & Beer, Personal Care, Industrial and CASE industries across the Western U.S. has completed the sale of the company to Ravago Holdings America (“Ravago”). PCC is based in Berkeley…
Calistoga, CA – September 28, 2016 – Aspect Consumer Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the owners of Constant Diamond Mountain Vineyard on its sale to a private investment group. Located in the Diamond Mountain AVA in Napa Valley, at an elevation of 2,200 feet, the Constant Diamond Mountain estate consists of approximately 40 planted…
Napa, CA – July 13, 2016 – Aspect Consumer Partners acted as exclusive advisor to Silverado Investment Management Company (“SIMCO”) on the sale of Oak Knoll Ranch Vineyard to Hancock Agricultural Investment Group and the sale of Milliken Creek Vineyard to a private investment group. Oak Knoll Ranch Vineyard includes over 40 acres of land planted…
Rodney Clark of Aspect Consumer Partners will be moderating a discussion panel, “Breakthrough Trends in CPG: Prosperous Growth Strategies to Share”, at the ACG’s West Coast M&A Conference to be held in San Francisco, California, at the Palace Hotel on March 17, 2016. Please refer to link for conference details, schedule, attendance and registration.
Rodney Clark, Founder and Managing Partner of Aspect Consumer Partners, will on November 12, 2015 at The Claremont Country Club in Oakland, California, be moderating a Food & Beverage Industry panel on Disruptive Products/Technologies & Alternative Funding Options. The Food & Beverage industry is constantly changing, with new technologies, business models, consumer trends and consumption patterns in…
Hollywood Fashion Secrets, a recognized industry leader in the development, marketing and selling of fashion and beauty solutions in the U.S. and internationally, has completed the sale of the Hollywood Fashion Secrets brand, intellectual property and all related assets to American International Industries.
San Francisco and St. Helena, CA – (August 3, 2015) – Copper Cane Wines & Provisions—an entity owned and operated by Joseph Wagner, a fifth generation Napa Valley farmer and winemaker—has completed the sale of the Meiomi wine brand and related assets to Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ and STZ.B) for approximately $315 million. This transaction marks the end…
Japonesque—a pioneer and industry leader in the development, marketing and selling of professional makeup products and beauty tools and accessories in the United States and internationally—has completed a majority recalitalization with San Francisco Equity Partners.
Orchard Holdings Group – a private investment firm that invests non-institutional, private, family capital in businesses with the potential to create substantial long-term value – has completed a minority investment in Free Flow Wines, the pioneer of premium wine on tap. Concurrent with this minority investment, Orchard Holdings also established a separate asset leasing company…