Kelly Investment Group Acquires 16 Restaurants from S.S. of Kansas

Individual Investor Acquires Cattlemen's Steakhouse, Inc.

January 29, 2025

Restaurants & Hospitality

Generational Group advised the sale of Cattlemen's Steakhouse, Inc., a historic Oklahoma City steakhouse, to an unnamed individual investor, with the transaction closing on January 29, 2025. The buyer acquired both the business and its real estate and intends to preserve the restaurant's long-standing atmosphere and operations.

Kingswood Capital Management Acquires Branding Iron Holdings

November 18, 2024

Food & Beverage

Kingswood Capital Management, LP has acquired Branding Iron Holdings, a Sauget, Illinois-based manufacturer of branded and private-label protein products (beef and pork) with facilities in Sauget, Rochester, and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Kingswood will partner with the existing management team—promoting Andy Touchette to CEO and adding John Niemann as Executive Chairman—to support growth and expand the company's manufacturing and customer capabilities across foodservice, retail and chain restaurant channels.

Bain Capital to Acquire York Holdings' Supermarket & Specialty Stores Business from Seven & i Holdings

March 6, 2025

Retail

Bain Capital has signed a definitive agreement to acquire York Holdings' headquarters and subsidiary management functions along with its supermarket and specialty store businesses (SST Business Group) from Seven & i Holdings. The SST group includes chains such as Ito-Yokado, York-Benimaru, Loft, Akachan Honpo, and Seven & i Food Systems (which operates Denny's). Bain said it will support operational growth, leverage its real estate expertise to enhance group-operated facilities, and may pursue an IPO of the business in the coming years.

Kingswood Capital Management Acquires Support Services Group, Inc.

August 18, 2022

Professional Services

Kingswood Capital Management, LP acquired Support Services Group, Inc. (SSG), a global omnichannel contact center provider headquartered in Waco, Texas. SSG's founding ownership group remains minority owners; the company operates 20+ facilities across ten countries with a workforce of over 10,000 agents. Cerberus Business Finance provided debt financing and several advisors supported the transaction.

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services Acquires Hospitality Staffing Solutions

January 13, 2020

Staffing & HR

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS), backed by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, acquired Hospitality Staffing Solutions (HSS), a provider of outsourced housekeeping and related staffing services for the hospitality sector. HSS—headquartered in Atlanta and operating in 38 states plus Puerto Rico—will operate as a division of KBS to expand KBS's hospitality service capabilities and national scale.

SPS Companies Acquires ESP Specialty Steel Products from Lone Star Investment Advisors

October 10, 2022

Industrial Services

Lone Star Investment Advisors has sold its portfolio company ESP Specialty Steel Products LLC, a Houston-based master distributor of stainless steel products, to SPS Companies, Inc. of Manhattan, Kansas. The acquisition marks SPS's first entry into stainless steel markets and distribution; Montrose Advisors advised on the transaction and legal counsel was provided to both parties.