• Chicago Shop Scores Best Return Yet On Pizza Co.

    Buyouts Magazine

    Posted on August, 02, 2010

    Arbor Investments LLC has scored a home run, selling Great Kitchens Inc., a company that makes take-home pizzas sold in grocery stores, to ARYZTA AG, a Zurich, Switzerland-based company. The sale price was $180 million. Read More

  • Arbor Investments Sells Great Kitchens, inc. to ARYZTA AG (Sale Achieves Return of 16.9X Invested Capital)

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Posted on July, 14, 2010

    Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Investments announced that it has sold its portfolio company Great Kitchens, Inc. to ARYZTA AG (SIX: ARYN) for US$180 million, in a transaction that generated an internal rate of return of 66% and produced 16.9 times its original investment. Headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois, Great Kitchens, is one of the largest suppliers of pizza and appetizers with a focus on the deli segment of the North American retail grocery channel. BMO Capital Markets and DLA Piper served as Great Kitchens’ investment bankers and legal counsel, respectively. Read More

  • Arbor Investments Sells Great Kitchens, Inc. to ARYZTA AG

    For Immediate Release

    Posted on June, 08, 2010

    Chicago, Illinois-based Arbor Investments announced today that it has sold its portfolio company Great Kitchens, Inc. to ARYZTA AG (SIX: ARYN) for US$180 million. Read More