Harvest Partners SCF Invests in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions
January 9, 2020
Harvest Partners SCF, LP (the non-control private equity strategy of Harvest Partners) has made a minority investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading private‑brand food manufacturer owned by Post Holdings and Thomas H. Lee Partners. 8th Avenue, headquartered in Minneapolis, produces private‑label peanut and tree nut butters, dry pasta and granola; the capital is intended to support organic growth and enable consolidation of the fragmented private‑brand food market. Terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- Harvest Partners SCF, LP (Harvest Partners)
- Targets
- 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc.
- Sellers
- Post Holdings, Inc., Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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