burleson-ga,
I found information on a number of the deals you listed, but not all of them.
Here's what I came up with -- note that there are no hyperlinks, since
the material was excerpted from a non-internet database:
Business Wire
February 2, 2006
Il Fornaio (America) Corp. Completes Acquisition of Corner Bakery Cafe
...Il Fornaio (America) Corp., a leading authentic Italian restaurant
and bakery company, today announced the completion of the acquisition
of substantially all the assets of Corner Bakery Cafe, which operates
91 bakery cafes across the United States, from Brinker International
Inc. The purchase was made by CBC Restaurant Corp., a subsidiary of Il
Fornaio...Il Fornaio is a portfolio company of Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill, & Co. LLC, a New York-based private equity firm. Terms of
the transaction were not disclosed.
Daily Deal
October 4, 2005
Il Fornaio bags Corner Cafe
...The cafe chain, which had been on the auction block since at least
July, had been expected to fetch up to $100 million, given its Ebitda
of around $10.5 million.
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BuyOuts
February 3, 2003
ACI, Western Growth Capital Exit Qdoba
...ACI Capital Co. and Western Growth Capital cashed in on their Qdoba
Restaurant investment last month, serving up the Mexican grill to
publicly-held burger chain Jack in the Box in a $45 million all-cash
deal...Qdoba runs 85 outlets in 16 states, and in 2002 logged system
sales of roughly $65 million. By comparison, Salomon Smith Barney
estimated that the business took in system sales of $38 million in
2000 and $52 million in 2001, which would mean year-over-year growth
of 37% and 25% in the past two years, respectively.
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Daily Deal
June 24, 2002
Wendy's completes $275M Baja Fresh acquisition
...Fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's International Inc. said Friday
it closed its $275 million acquisition of Fresh Enterprises Inc.,
owner and operator of 173 Baja Fresh Mexican Grill eateries. Dublin,
Ohio-based Wendy's said it paid cash and issued $225 million worth
6.20% senior notes, due in 2014.
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The New York Times
February 11, 1998
MCDONALD'S TO BUY STAKE IN MEXICAN-RESTAURANT CHAIN
...The McDonald's Corporation of Oak Brook, Ill., is buying a minority
stake in the Chipotle Mexican Grill chain of 14 burrito restaurants in
the Denver area, which are owned by World Foods Inc. Terms of the
investment were not disclosed.
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The New York Times
June 11, 1998
...Koo Koo Roo Inc., a chicken restaurant chain headed by Lee A.
Iacocca and based in Los Angeles, agreed yesterday to be bought by
Family Restaurants Inc., the owner of Chi-Chi's and El Torito Mexican
restaurants, in a stock swap valued at about $143 million based on
Tuesday's closing stock price.
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PR Newswire
July 7, 2004
Bob Evans Farms Completes Acquisition of Mimi's Cafe
...Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOBE) today announced that it has
successfully completed the acquisition of SWH Corporation (d/b/a
Mimi's Cafe) for approximately $103 million in cash plus the
assumption of approximately $79 million of outstanding
indebtedness...Mimi's owns and operates 81 Mimi's Cafe casual
restaurants, mostly in California and other western states. Mimi's
total revenues for calendar year 2003 were $240.5 million, with
average sales per restaurant of approximately $3.3 million.
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I did not find any mention of the purchase of Marmalade, McAllister?s,
or Carmille?s. If you have any additional details on these
acquisitions, please let me know, and I'll be happy to continue
looking into them.
Cheers,
pafalafa-ga
search strategy -- Searched specialty business databases for mergers
and acquisitions. |
