Transactions - Consumer & retail

La Anita, a producer and distributor in the food industry, acquired Zaaschila, a key competitor with strong presence in northern Mexico.

Lucky Duck Games, a leading developer of crowdfunding and digital-hybrid board games, was sold to Goliath Games, one of the largest European toys & games companies.

MiiN Cosmetics, a leading retailer of Korean cosmetics in Europe, sold a minority stake to Barlon Capital, a private equity fund.

The Rohatyn Group and Nedbank Private Equity sold The Beverage Company, one of the largest carbonated soft drink producers in Southern Africa, to Varun Beverages (NSE:VBL).

Munro Tailoring, a provider of custom-made suits and shirts for men, acquired In Maglia, an Italian family-owned knitwear production company.

GoNorth, a local Icelandic Destination Management Company (DMC), was sold to Nordic, the market leader in Belgium for Scandinavian travel.

Askja Reizen, a respected tour operator in the travel industry with a focus on Scandinavia and Iceland, was sold to Nordic, the market leader in Belgium for Scandinavian travel.

Pepkor Holdings Limited, a South African-based investment and holding company that focuses on the discount and value segment of the retail market, signed agreements to sell all of the share capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Building Company Limited (“TBCo”), to Capitalworks Private Equity and select members of TBCo management.

Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) sold Hood Media GmbH, a virtual selling platform, to The Platform Group.

Louis Dreyfus Company sold a corn milling, oil extraction, and pet food production plant located in Brazil to BAXI, a Brazilian company focused on animal nutrition.

Louis Dreyfus Company sold a corn milling production plant located in Rio Verde (Goiás – Brazil) to Milhão Ingredients.

CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a West-African-focused private equity fund manager, announced that its CardinalStone Capital Advisers Growth Fund (CCAGF) exited its investment in i-Fitness Nigeria Limited, West Africa’s largest and fastest-growing fitness chain, to Verod Capital Management Limited, a private equity firm based in Nigeria.

De Haan Petfood, a prominent Dutch provider of wet pet food with a global export footprint, was sold to United Petfood, a global leader in wet and dry food production for dogs and cats, serving both private labels and brand owners.

Enjoei acquired 25% of Cresci e Perdi, the leading franchisor of thrift stores focused on children’s products in Brazil.

IMC Colombia, a provider of airline catering services and operator of airport restaurants, was sold to GCG Group, a company specialising in inflight dining.

The shareholder of Krow s.r.o, an operator of a biogas plant and majority shareholder of Ciz-Agro, a.s., sold a 70% stake to Agrofert, a.s., a major European producer of nitrogen fertilisers.

Moravská pivovarská a.s., the owner of Pivovary CZ Group, the fifth largest brewing group in the Czech Republic, sold 100% of shares to Pivovary Triangl s.r.o., a consortium of three investors led by Kofola Group, a leading beverage company in the CEE region.

Venlo Group, a moulded plastic company, sold its recovery product brand TRED Outdoors to the US-based Clarus Corp (NASDAQ: CLAR).

Star New Generation Group (SNG Group), 70% owned by Star Capital through the Star IV – Private Equity Fund and 30% by the Marzioni family, acquired 80% of the company Ricami NBM S.r.l. (Ricami NBM).

International Meal Company Alimentação S.A. – IMC (B3: MEAL3), a publicly traded company, sold its indirect subsidiary, OG do Brasil, which operates the Olive Garden brand in Brazil, to Wow Restaurantes, a company owned by the former officer of IMC, Jerônimo Junior.