Pet Food Experts Acquires Select Assets of Animal Supply Company

Pet Food Experts Acquires United Pacific Pet

April 27, 2021

Logistics & Distribution

Pet Food Experts (PFX) has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of United Pacific Pet (UPP), a California-based regional distributor of pet food and supplies. The acquisition expands PFX's footprint in the Western U.S., adding UPP's ~115 employees, a 154,000 sq ft warehouse and service to ~1,500 independent pet retailers across California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii.

Dot Family Holdings Invests in Pet Food Experts

March 7, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Dot Family Holdings (DFH), the investment office of the Tracy Family, has made a strategic growth equity investment in Pet Food Experts (PFX), a Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based distributor of pet food and supplies. The capital will support PFX’s growth initiatives — including investments in people, technology, value-add capabilities — and enable pursuit of add-on acquisitions.

Rainier Partners Invests in Pet Food Express

June 8, 2022

Retail

Rainier Partners, a Seattle-based lower-middle-market private equity firm, has made a growth investment in Pet Food Express (PFE), a California-based omnichannel pet retailer with more than 60 stores. The investment will support PFE's e-commerce acceleration and expansion of its brick-and-mortar footprint while partnering with founder Michael Levy and the existing management team.

Franchise Group Acquires Pet Supplies Plus from Sentinel Capital Partners

March 10, 2021

Retail

Franchise Group, Inc. acquired Pet Supplies Plus from Sentinel Capital Partners in a transaction valued at $700 million, closing in March 2021. Pet Supplies Plus, headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, is a leading franchisor and operator of neighborhood-format pet specialty stores with a footprint of 562 stores across 36 states at closing.

Destination Pet Acquires Exceptional Pets

December 1, 2020

Veterinary

Destination Pet has completed the acquisition of Exceptional Pets, a five-location pet care operator in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area founded in 2019 by Exceptional Healthcare. The deal expands Destination Pet's footprint into the Phoenix market and adds specialty retail, grooming, boarding and other pet services to its integrated veterinary and pet-care platform.

Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC) Acquires Fryoux Tankerman Service

December 15, 2020

Oil & Gas

Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners, has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of Fryoux Tankerman Service and will absorb Fryoux's shoreside tankerman operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The transaction expands PSC's Gulf Coast footprint and personnel capacity to better serve refineries, terminals and petrochemical customers; Jimmy Fryoux will join PSC's marine operations team as an advisor.