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SPECIALIZED M&A DILIGENCE SUPPORT FOR THE WORLD OF EMERGING FOOD & BEVERAGE

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Can a high-flying disruptor in the cereal category maintain their rapid growth as they scale?

Will combining two boutique coffee chains and upping their food safety game brew up a better business?

What investment will it take for an original pioneer in natural snacking to rekindle past glory?

These are a few of the challenges we’ve helped clients overcome. And we can do it for you.

Avoid the unique risks inherent to Natural and Emerging Deals

Evaluating investments in the food and beverage space already brings specific challenges, including food safety, degrading inventory, nutritional requirements and varying routes to market. But opportunities with Natural and Emerging players (whether brands, suppliers or manufacturers) layer on additional considerations:

  • Limited availability of, or challenges accessing, key data
  • Understanding the “rules of the road” and specific players to know (i.e. comans, suppliers, distributors/brokers)
  • Shorter history and higher variance in performance
  • Less sophisticated systems, policies, processes
  • Smaller, leaner, more virtual “orgs”

When diligence goes wrong

Bringing in diligence providers that don’t truly understand the Natural and Emerging space can create multiple issues.

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INCOMPLETE OR MISLEADING ANALYSIS (from not knowing where to look/who to talk to) or getting out of date/erroneous perspective (by asking the wrong people the wrong things)

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OVERSTATING OR FALSELY IDENTIFYING RISKS by applying ‘conventional’/big F&B company lenses to these players

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SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS by taking longer to get the work done due to low familiarity with data sources or an inability to identify and engage with key players

All of this can contribute to the wrong business plan, valuation or, even worse—the wrong go/no-go decision on the opportunity

We help investors

STRATEGICALLY EVALUATE DEALS

We work with investors of all forms—strategic and financial, smaller scale to global players—to evaluate opportunities across the industry landscape. Here’s how we’re different:

  • Never learning on your dime: JPG works with over 80 food and beverage clients per year on 250+ projects, spanning 30+ product categories across every part of the store
  • We know what good looks like: Our long track record in natural and emerging categories means we can gather and correctly assess data quickly
  • Rooted in reality: Our deep food & beverage expertise combined with our thorough knowledge of the M&A process means we understand the realities of operating a business
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Brand relevance and strength
Competitive positioning
Core consumer dynamics
Category and channel reviews
Revenue performance & drivers
Innovation strategy and process
Food safety and quality
Nutrition and regulatory
Supply chain network
Operations processes and tools
COGS performance
Brand relevance and strength
Competitive positioning
Core consumer dynamics
Category and channel reviews
Revenue performance & drivers
Innovation strategy and process
Food safety and quality
Nutrition and regulatory
Supply chain network
Operations processes and tools
COGS performance

We have worked with a number of leading financial and strategic buyers focused on the food and beverage space, including:

HOW WE WORK

We believe in building efficient diligence scopes tailored to your specific investment thesis versus simply checking boxes.

Post-Investment Support

JPG’s full suite of services, including process/strategy design and executional support, means that unlike others, we can step in on Day One following your investment to help you maximize the value of the transaction.

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A WELL-ROUNDED PERSPECTIVE,

taking into account the business landscape, target-supplied data, and a search of the broader environment (including our own industry ecosystem)

UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR VISION

for the business post-investment, and analysis of the critical assumptions being made to support it

COMBINED EFFORTS WITH YOUR BROADER DILIGENCE TEAM

to help streamline communications and create efficiencies

FOCUSED PARTNERSHIP

through structured, consistent communications and deliverables, including recurring live meetings, status updates and final report-outs

Post-Investment Support

JPG’s full suite of services, including process/strategy design and executional support, means that unlike others, we can step in on Day One following your investment to help you maximize the value of the transaction.

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Who you’ll work with

Our team combines the best of M&A process and strategy knowledge with deep experience in building, growing, and optimizing F&B businesses to deliver focused, impactful diligence.

Glenn Pappalardo

M&A Process + Commercial Diligence

Over the last 20 years, Glenn has been involved in more than 100 investments across the food and beverage landscape, both as a consultant and as a member of corporate acquisition teams.  He has worked on deals of all sizes across the full breadth of categories, product formats and channels, in the US and internationally.

Glenn has also worked with a range of different acquirer types, and understands their specific needs across various forms of transactions and related processes.

David Pelyhes

Operational Diligence + FS&QA

David developed diligence critical skills through multiple roles on the plant floor and in operations leadership. He combines those experiences with knowledge of multiple food platforms and large CPG acquisition experience to provide clients a clear view of the risks and opportunities.

At JPG he has been working with small to midsized manufacturers, translating his vast CPG experience to the scale of operations our clients are investing in. The results are straightforward, size-appropriate recommendations enabling quick wins shortly after deal closure.

GET DUE DILIGENCE SUPPORT

when and where you need it.

From evaluating a deal to maximizing value, we’re here to help you with M&A diligence support so you can get the most out of opportunities in the Natural and Emerging food & beverage space. Give us a little more information about your upcoming deal so we can get started.