Acquisitions, Divestitures & Mergers

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Why 4×4 Capital Buying Bob Evans Restaurants Makes Strategic Sense—A Grocerant Guru® Perspective

  By any historical measure, Bob Evans is not just a restaurant brand—it is a food system brand. Founded in 1948 in Ohio, Bob Evans was born at the intersection of foodservice and food manufacturing, with a sausage business literally fueling the original restaurant. That DNA matters. It is precisely why 4×4 Capital’s acquisition of […]
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Tesco store expansion plans includes former Amazon Fresh sites

Tesco, has outlined its store growth ambitions for 2026, saying it is on track to deliver over 70 more Tesco Express stores before March 2027. The supermarket’s growth has been boosted by the acquisition of five former Amazon Fresh stores in London. These sites in… This story continues at Tesco store expansion plans includes former […]
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Is It Time to Keep a Bad Idea From the Public? Albertsons vs. Kroger

When Kroger and Albertsons agreed to a $24.6 billion merger in 2022, the companies framed it as a scale-driven solution to inflation, competition from Walmart and Amazon, and a rapidly changing food retail landscape. Two years later, the deal collapsed under Federal Trade Commission scrutiny—and now, in 2026, both companies are asking a federal court […]
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Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Are Gone A Historical Retrospective on Amazon’s Grocery Experiments & the Road Ahead

  On January 27, 2026, Amazon confirmed what many analysts had quietly anticipated: its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store banners are being shuttered across the U.S., ending a decade of experimentation in brick-and-mortar grocery retail. According to Amazon, all 57 Amazon Fresh grocery stores and 15 Amazon Go locations are slated to close imminently […]
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Tipping in the Grocerant World: The Real Price of Food, Labor, and Convenience

  Tipping is no longer a social afterthought—it is a structural component of the modern food economy. As restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, and delivery platforms converge, consumers are navigating a fragmented system where food prices are transparent, but labor costs are not. In the Grocerant World, tipping has become the consumer’s most direct investment […]
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Your Views:  The Eric Mangini Effect

Got a number of reactions to our story about Amazon closing down its Go and Fresh stores. MNB reader Steve Ritchey wrote: Like you, I’m not surprised at Amazon closing it’s brick & mortar stores.  I’ve never been in one as they never put one in my area, but I have some ideas of what […]
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Amazon, Chanel, Brookfield Join Saks Global Bankruptcy Committee

Amazon, Chanel, LVMH and Brookfield Properties Retail are among the companies included in a 10-member creditor committee that has been set up by the U.S. Trustee’s Office in the Department of Justice to weigh in on the Saks Global bankruptcy. Creditor committees are regularly appointed by the DOJ in large bankruptcies to give vendors, landlords […]
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Amazon Pulls the Plug on Fresh and Go Stores, Plans 100+ New Whole Foods

Amazon will close all remaining Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores to focus on its growing online grocery offering and the Whole Foods Market banner. Some of the locations set to be closed will be converted to Whole Foods, and the company also said it plans to open more than 100 new Whole Foods stores over […]
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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Everybody Competes Against Everybody

You’ve probably read about how Netflix is trying to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie and TV business for $83 billion.  Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues that in the modern media landscape, “everybody competes with everybody.”  He wants this deal not to be considered within just the streaming universe, but in the larger context in which […]
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WHP Global Pays $300 Million for Lands’ End IP Plus 50% Stake in New Joint Venture

Lands’ End will sell its intellectual property (IP) and a 50% stake in the company to WHP Global, the brand management firm with a portfolio that also includes Toys ‘R’ Us, Babies ‘R’ Us, Express and Bonobos. The deal, expected to close in the first half of 2026, will create a new joint venture (JV) […]
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Cawston Press enters low-alcohol category with Loah

Cawston Press has announced its expansion into the no/low alcohol drinks category with the acquisition of Loah, a fruit-forward 0.5% beer brand. Loah founder Hugo Tapp will continue to lead the brand retaining operational responsibility for brewing, innovation, and brand development, with the integration enabling…
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Polytag CEO Alice Rackley pays tribute to John Purdy as entrepreneur passes away at 63

Alice Rackley, CEO at recycling technology specialist Polytag, has taken to social media to pay tribute to John Purdy, an entrepreneur who has died just a day after completing the sale of Ergo, an Irish IT services business he co-founded in 1993 and where he was non-executive chairman. In a LinkedIn post, Rackley said: “John […]
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Authentic Brands Group acquires majority stake in Guess IP

​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief The brand’s management, including co-founders Maurice and Paul Marciano, retain ownership in and responsibilities for its operations. Published Jan. 23, 2026 A Guess store. Last year the brand closed several underperforming locations in North America. The image by Phillip Pessar is licensed under CC BY 2.0 “}]] 
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A Century-Old American Icon Meets Industrial Scale

  Smithfield Foods has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Nathan’s Famous in an all-cash transaction valuing the iconic hot dog company at about $450 million. Smithfield will pay roughly $102 per share for all outstanding stock, bringing Nathan’s firmly into its portfolio as a wholly owned subsidiary. Closing is expected in the […]
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YoY Changes in Buyer and Spend Behavior Among DTC Brands Last Holiday Season

Download our latest report to explore how buyer acquisition and spend behavior shifted across DTC brands during the holiday season. Holiday performance across DTC brands varied meaningfully as brands entered year end, with growth driven by different combinations of buyer expansion and changes in spend per buyer. While some brands saw stronger engagement from existing […]
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Protein Is No Longer a Niche: Why Founders Table’s Bet on Protein Bar Signals the Next Phase of “Better-for-You” Food

  The acquisition of Chicago-based Protein Bar & Kitchen by Founders Table—the parent company of Chopt Creative Salad Company and Dos Toros Taqueria—is not simply a portfolio expansion. It is a strategic acknowledgment that protein-forward, better-for-you food has moved from trend to structural demand in U.S. foodservice. Protein has become the defining macronutrient of early […]
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How to Turn Packaging into a Revenue Driver (Not just Another Cost)

Most marketing teams treat packaging as someone else’s problem. You hand off specs to operations, they negotiate with suppliers and you move on to campaigns that feel more exciting. But packaging plays more of a role in a business than founders tend to realize; it directly affects your conversion rates, customer acquisition costs and average […]
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How to Align Online, Amazon, and Retail Sales Into One Growth Strategy

Launching a product hardware startup is a major accomplishment. You’ve built the product, secured funding, and generated early momentum — now comes the most critical question: Where should you sell? Today’s brands face a complex commerce landscape that includes: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) websites Amazon marketplaces Brick-and-mortar retail stores Each channel offers powerful advantages on its own. […]
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Top loyalty trends for 2026: Driving profit, not just participation

​[[“value”:” Customer loyalty programs have become a strategic priority rather than a marketing nice-to-have. As acquisition costs rise and consumers become more selective about where they spend, brands are under growing pressure to extract more value from existing customer relationships — without relying on margin-eroding discounts. In the US, loyalty participation is already near saturation: […]
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Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Are Gone A Historical Retrospective on Amazon’s Grocery Experiments & the Road Ahead

  On January 27, 2026, Amazon confirmed what many analysts had quietly anticipated: its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store banners are being shuttered across the U.S., ending a decade of experimentation in brick-and-mortar grocery retail. According to Amazon, all 57 Amazon Fresh grocery stores and 15 Amazon Go locations are slated to close imminently […]
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BREAKING NEWS:  Amazon Bails Out Of Physical Stores Business, Closing Go And Fresh Stores

Amazon announced today that it is closing its 57 Amazon Fresh Stores and 15 Amazon Go stores.  With the exception of Whole Foods, which it acquired for $13.7 billion in 2017, it will now be out of the bricks-and-mortar business for the time being. The company’s food retail focus now will be on expanding its […]
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December E-Grocery Sales Hit $12.7 Billion, Up 32% YOY

The latest Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey is out, reporting that “monthly U.S. online grocery sales accelerated dramatically in December, with total sales surging 32% year-over-year (YOY) to finish the month with a record high $12.7 billion … This robust performance reflects higher order frequency, spending rates, and a larger user base than December […]
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NRF 2026 review: AI grabs the spotlight as retail technology steps into its next chapter

By James Pepper, Vista Technology Support A Brief Introduction to NRF and How the Show Is Structured Every January, the National Retail Federation’s ‘Retail’s Big Show’ transforms New York’s Javits Centre into one of the most influential gatherings in the global retail calendar. Tens of thousands of professionals arrive to explore new technologies, exchange ideas, […]
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