Soul Foods secures significant minority investment

Consumer Markets - Food services

KPMG Corporate Finance acted as financial advisor to Soul Foods Group (“Soul” or the “Company”) on the sale of a minority interest to Centerbridge Partners, Metric Capital Partners and OpCapita (collectively, the “Investors”).

Soul is a family-owned business that operates a marquee platform of quick service restaurants across the UK and Canada. The Company ranks among the largest global franchisees for both Yum! Brands and Starbucks Coffee Company.

Centerbridge Partners is a multi-strategy private investment firm headquartered in New York that brings together experience across investment disciplines. Centerbridge Partners has a team of over 260 individuals that manage over US$33 billion in assets.

Metric Capital Partners is a pan-European private capital manager providing capital solutions to mid-sized companies across a wide variety of industries. The London-based company has the flexibility to provide capital solutions across the capital structure allowing them to execute opportunities throughout the investment cycle.

OpCapita is a British private equity firm specialising in the retail, consumer, and leisure industries. OpCapita’s team of industry specialists partner with management teams to maintain a consistent focus on operational discipline to deliver sustainable profit improvement.