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The food and beverage space had a higher volume of M&A activity in 2024, when more deals closed and a much higher deal volume was reported ($149.9 billion) versus 2023’s $83.1 billion. Specific to Q4, a total of $24.8 billion in deals closed across 351 deals, compared to $64.4 billion and 506 deals the prior quarter. This represented the highest level of activity across all four quarters in 2024.
Many of the food and beverage deals closed during Q4 involved beverage makers and distributors. Some of the biggest transactions included BlueTriton Brands’ $9 billion acquisition of the bottle beverage company Primo Brands Corp, Performance Food Group’s purchase of food and grocery distributor Cheney Brothers for $2.1 billion, and Butterfly Equity’s $1.95 billion acquisition of The Duckhorn Portfolio, a producer of high-end wines.
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All data gathered from PitchBook Data, Inc.
Year-end: Capital invested by deal count
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