Better Taste (AURELIUS Growth Investments portfolio) Acquires BVS Catering GmbH & Co. KG

Better Taste Group (AURELIUS Growth Investments) Acquires CASEDA Gastro Services

February 24, 2023

Food & Beverage

Better Taste Group, a portfolio company of AURELIUS Growth Investments, has acquired CASEDA Gastro Services GmbH, a regional catering provider headquartered in Darmstadt that supplies fresh meals to schools, kindergartens and corporate cafeterias. The acquisition (CASEDA employs ~65 staff and operates multiple kitchens across the Rhine-Main region) is the fourth add-on for Better Taste under AURELIUS ownership and expands Better Taste's coverage in southwest Germany.

AURELIUS Growth Investments Acquires BVN Group, Regional Catering Provider

July 13, 2023

Food & Beverage

AURELIUS Wachstumskapital (AURELIUS Growth Investments) has acquired the BVN group, a Norderstedt-based provider of meals for senior citizens and school catering that comprises four operating companies and more than 400 employees. The acquisition is positioned as a buy-and-build platform to drive regional growth in institutional catering; shareholders Kirsten and Stefan Brauer will exit as part of a succession solution while management (Keyan and Ramin Forouhideh) remain involved.

AURELIUS Acquires What's Cooking Savoury Division from What's Cooking Group NV

October 18, 2024

Food & Beverage

AURELIUS Private Equity (via its European Opportunities fund) has agreed to acquire the What's Cooking Savoury Division, a leading Benelux supplier of deli meats, spreads and savoury snacks, from What's Cooking Group NV in a carve-out transaction. Headquartered in Lievegem, Belgium, the Savoury Division employs ~1,500 people, operates six production facilities, and will be supported by AURELIUS to drive operational improvements and a buy-&-build growth strategy across the Benelux and Western Europe.

BPG Group (AURELIUS) Acquires GSB Gerüstbau Bobenheim-Roxheim

March 31, 2021

Construction

BPG Building Partners Group GmbH, a subsidiary of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, acquired the business operations of GSB Gerüstbau Bobenheim-Roxheim GmbH. The scaffolding and scaffolding rental company (c. EUR 8 million sales, ~50 employees) will be integrated as an independent subsidiary to expand BPG Group's market coverage in the Rhein-Neckar and Rhein-Main regions as part of AURELIUS's add-on growth strategy.

AURELIUS Acquires LSG Group from Deutsche Lufthansa AG

April 5, 2023

Food & Beverage

AURELIUS has agreed to acquire the LSG Group International, a global airline caterer and onboard retail provider, from Deutsche Lufthansa AG in a carve-out transaction expected to close in Q3 2023 subject to regulatory approvals. The deal includes LSG’s classic catering, onboard retail and food commerce activities (including Retail inMotion and SCIS Air Security Services) and positions AURELIUS to grow the business organically and via add-on acquisitions as a standalone company.

AUA-backed Gourmet Culinary Holdings Acquires Gourmet Foods

July 31, 2019

Food & Beverage

AUA Private Equity Partners, through its portfolio company Gourmet Culinary Holdings, has acquired Gourmet Foods, Inc., a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of specialty prepared foods serving airline, hospitality, restaurant, catering, retail and corporate campus customers. The deal is the third add-on for the Gourmet Culinary Holdings platform as AUA seeks to expand national footprint and product offerings while partnering with the existing management team.