Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
At Meridian Capital, we drive exceptional results for our clients throughout the food and agribusiness value chain. Whether through a merger or acquisition, raising debt or equity, or strategic advisory, our professionals have developed unique insights and tools to deliver successful results for our food and agribusiness clients.
Our dedicated team maximizes shareholder value by leveraging industry-wide corporate relationships, deep subsector expertise, broad private equity and family office investor relationships, and proven transaction experience. We welcome the opportunity to discuss industry trends and your potential transaction alternatives.
Meridian’s deep food, beverage, and agribusiness subsector experience includes advising leading companies within segments like growing and packing, food inputs & ingredients, food manufacturing/processing, crop inputs and consumables, food distribution, cold storage and warehousing, agriculture and orchard supplies, food transportation and logistics, and vertically integrated operations.
Team Leadership
Subsector Experience
Agricultural Inputs and Producers
- Crop Inputs
- Irrigation & Orchard Supply
- Growers & Packers
Food Distribution and Supply Chain
- Foodservice Equipment & Supply (FE&S)
- Broadline
- Specialty Distribution
Food & Beverage
- Ingredients
- Processing
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Co-Manufacturing
Recent Food, Beverage & Agribusiness M&A Transactions
Meridian Capital Advises Meduri Farms on its Sale of Select Assets to A&P Fruit Growers
Kershaw Companies has been Acquired by Tiverton Advisors
Athena Ag Has Acquired Athena Manufacturing Group
Monson Fruit Company has received an investment from Tiverton AG
Landmark Irrigation has been acquired by TriCal Group
Royal Ridge Fruits Acquired By Arable Capital Partners
Boyer Fertilizer and Pacific Coast Ag
Harbor Wholesale Has Acquired Rich & Rhine Wholesale
Gar Tootelian, Inc. Has Merged with Bennett Water Systems to Form Gar Bennett
Larson Fruit Company and Valley Fruit Inc. Have Been Acquired by International Farming Corp.
*Note: Includes transactions completed by Meridian bankers while at previous firms
