Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
At CLA Meridian Capital, we drive exceptional results for our clients throughout the food and agribusiness value chain. Whether through a merger or acquisition, raising debt or equity, or strategic advisory, our professionals have developed unique insights and tools to deliver successful results for our food and agribusiness clients.
Our dedicated team maximizes shareholder value by leveraging industry-wide corporate relationships, deep subsector expertise, broad private equity and family office investor relationships, and proven transaction experience. We welcome the opportunity to discuss industry trends and your potential transaction alternatives.
CLA Meridian Capital’s deep food, beverage, and agribusiness subsector experience includes advising leading companies within segments like growing and packing, food inputs & ingredients, food manufacturing/processing, crop inputs and consumables, food distribution, cold storage and warehousing, agriculture and orchard supplies, food transportation and logistics, and vertically integrated operations.
Team Leadership

Subsector Experience
Agricultural Inputs and Producers
- Crop Inputs
- Irrigation & Orchard Supply
- Growers & Packers
Food Distribution and Supply Chain
- Foodservice Equipment & Supply (FE&S)
- Broadline
- Specialty Distribution
Food & Beverage
- Ingredients
- Processing
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Co-Manufacturing
Recent Food, Beverage & Agribusiness M&A Transactions
Harbor Wholesale Has Acquired Rich & Rhine Wholesale
Sterling Foods Has Been Acquired By ICV Partners
Gar Tootelian, Inc. Has Merged with Bennett Water Systems to Form Gar Bennett
Legacy Fruit Packers, LLC and Sage Fruit Company, Inc. Have Been Acquired by International Farming Corp.
Larson Fruit Company and Valley Fruit Inc. Have Been Acquired by International Farming Corp.
Harbor Wholesale Foods Has Acquired Select Assets of Food Services of America, a Division of US Foods
nutpods Has Received Growth Capital VMG Partners
Gilman Cheese Corporation Has Been Acquired By Borgman Capital
Allpak Container LLC Has Been Acquired by Golden West Packaging Group, a Portfolio Company of Lindsay Goldberg
Diana’s Bananas Has Been Acquired By Grupo Vilaseca
*Note: Includes transactions completed by Meridian bankers while at previous firms

