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M&A Focus: Produce Distribution
Produce distribution dynamics have paved the way for considerable M&A activity over the last five years, with a handful of particularly active acquirors.
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Quarterly Food & Ingredients Update | 4Q 2022
Our quarterly industry update includes an overview of the latest M&A activity and valuation trends in Food & Ingredients. This issue also includes other recent newsworthy topics: an inflation update and upcycled foods.
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Quarterly Food & Ingredients Update | 3Q 2022
Our quarterly industry update includes an overview of the latest M&A activity and valuation trends in Food & Ingredients. This issue also includes other recent newsworthy topics: inflation and plant-based foods.
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Foodservice Faces Headwinds, Grocers Outperform
For food businesses, the coronavirus crisis has brought on challenges felt throughout the global economy and others unique to the industry. The circumstances affect operators across the food supply chain, from growers and importers, to grocers and restaurants. In a tumultuous few weeks since the S&P 500 reached its peak in February, financial markets across the globe have succumbed to the threat of continued economic disruption.
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The impact of Reference Rate reform – Transition from LIBOR to SOFR
For commercial borrowers, the most significant change in several decades will impact loan pricing over the next several years. Already underway is a global transition away from referencing the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, and toward new reference rates that are more reliable. The use of LIBOR as an international benchmark will likely cease in late 2021. In 2014, as LIBOR’s future became uncertain, the Fed embarked on a plan to ensure such a transition runs smoothly. It has since outlined a Paced Transition Plan timeline in detail and selected the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as the rate that represents best practice for use in US dollar financial contracts, while providing useful guidelines for the implementation of SOFR along the way.
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