The IUF's Private Equity Buyout Watch

Private equity fund Sun Capital Partners on June 24 acquired Sunrise Growers-Frozsun Foods, the largest US producer of frozen strawberries and a leading distributor of fresh strawberries and other produce.

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Posted on June 26, 2008 12:47 PM | Permalink

Three days before Kraft announced, on January 30, 2006, the elimination of 8,000 jobs worldwide as part of a new "growth" strategy, a deal was sealed for the sale of five of its Canadian brands and manufacturing sites to two private equity partners, Sun Capital and EG Capital Group, operating as CanGro Foods.

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Posted on January 15, 2008 09:12 AM | Permalink