Sentences with phrase «family acquired the company»

Nightingale has been a leading office seating manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ont., since 1928, and his family acquired the company in 1991.

In 1984, the Patton family acquired the company and moved its operations to Petersburg.

Not exact matches

The same restructuring appointed separate executives responsible for each of the Leon's stores and the Brick, which the company acquired in 2013, freeing the family to focus on further growing their empire.

What probably will make a difference is whether the board — which last fall paid out a $ 300 million special dividend to shareholders — accepts the offer by Arthur T. Demoulas to acquire the 50.5 percent stake in the $ 4.6 billion company now controlled by his cousin Arthur S. Demoulas and other family members.

• Great Range Capital led a group of investors that including The Bradley Family Office to acquire Labor Source, an Olathe, Kansas - based professional staffing company.

Viacom announced new rebranding efforts on Thursday morning that will see the struggling company focus its efforts on six flagship brands — which include Paramount, the studio acquired more than two decades ago by media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose family owns the controlling stake in Viacom and CBS.

Abrams had joined Benjamin Moore 12 years before — which made him a relative neophyte by the company's standards — after Moore acquired his family's technical coatings company.

Nordstrom Inc. said late Tuesday the special committee of the board has terminated talks with several Nordstrom family members who wanted to acquire the company and take it private.

Late on Saturday, Dufry said that it had agreed to acquire a 50.1 percent stake in World Duty Free for 10.25 euros a share, or about $ 11.15, from Edizione, a holding company owned by the Benetton family of Italy.

Previously, Mr. Satchu spent 12 years in New York City where he was a General Partner at Fenway Partners, a US$ 1.4 billion private equity firm focused on acquiring leading middle market companies typically from families or large corporations and a Financial Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the High Yield Finance and Restructuring Group.

The Famous Brands family grew in 2014 when the company acquired Utah - based Maxfield Candy Co..

While Davidson's Organics has been in business since 1976, Patel and his family bought the brand in 2007 after the company, which had been growing organic teas in India since the 1920s, decided to vertically integrate by acquiring a business active in the North American market.

The Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico - based company was formed in 2009 when the Trapaga family acquired Packers Provision, a fresh meat distributor incorporated in 1974.

The company in 2000 acquired the assets of Celentano Brothers of Verona, N.J., a company with a similar history and family tradition.

In April, Mariani added its last piece to the puzzle when it acquired Urban, a Wisconsin - based family company that's been in the dried cranberry business for 10 years and a supplier to Mariani for the past five years prior to its acquisition.

In summer 2012, JAB acquired Peet's Coffee & Tea, one of the oldest family - owned coffee companies in the U.S. and a precursor to Starbucks.

Another Chinese company, Wenzhou Zhuangbo Property Co Ltd, based in Zhejiang province, acquired the Golden Heights Estate in the Riverland region with 127 hectares of vines from the Falcinella family and others.

Hamilton, Bermuda, and Schaffhausen, Switzerland, January 22, 2018 — Family - owned Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, announced today that it is expanding its portfolio of premium spirits with a definitive agreement to acquire 100 % ownership of Patrón Spirits International AG and its PATRÓN ® brand, the world's top - selling ultra-premium tequila.

Jackson Family Wines Acquires Oregon's Penner - Ash Wine Cellars: California - based wine company Jackson Family Wines is further expanding its footprint in Oregon, already 1,300 acres and five wineries strong, announcing Monday that it has reached an agreement to purchase Penner - Ash Wine Cellars...

Adds clear market leader in fast - growing super-premium tequila segment to iconic portfolio Hamilton, Bermuda, and Schaffhausen, Switzerland, January 22, 2018 — Family - owned Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, announced today that it is expanding its portfolio of premium spirits with a definitive agreement to acquire 100 % ownership of Patrón Spirits International AG...

Italian dairy giant Parmalat has signed a deal to acquire Western Australia's family - owned dairy and juice company, Harvey Fresh, for $ 79 million, sources said on Tuesday.

We acquired Paradise Beverages (Fiji) Limited in 2012, closely followed by the establishment of our Australian Beer Company in 2013 — a partnership with the Casella family.

NEW YORK (October 21, 2015)-- Stone - Goff Partners («SGP») announced today that it has acquired a controlling interest in The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille, a family - friendly casual dining restaurant and dynamic sports bar with 41 company - owned and franchised locations across the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Appalachian regions of the United States.

The Carter family, which owns Bell Carter, Lindsay's parent company, has enjoyed strong ties with California's agricultural community for more than 100 years, even before it acquired the Lindsay brand.

March 24, 2015 — MADISON, WI — Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. («Great Wolf» or the «Company») today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the «Merger Agreement») with an affiliate of Centerbridge Partners, L.P. («Centerbridge») whereby Centerbridge, a leading private investment firm, will acquire Great Wolf, North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts.

But he did raid the company, and his ability to do so meant that he was then in a financial position to be able to obtain the debt to acquire Arcadia and, through the same modus operandi, pay his family the biggest dividend in corporate history.

Clegg said his daughter was born with life - threatening congenital problems, but because his family's insurance was acquired during the pregnancy, the insurance company decided it was a pre-existing condition.

An agricultural company has acquired an Eden warehouse from a prominent family in the town, paying $ 2.566 million.

Merck KGaA, a Darmstadt, Germany, company founded in 1668 by the family that makes up a majority of its present ownership, acquired Serono SA in January 2007, creating a division of the parent company named Merck Serono.

Only after 1991 — the year the family - friendly Walt Disney Company acquired Discover — do the cigarettes ads disappear, reflecting not only corporate policy but a sea change in the culture.

Hindmarch says that she always asks permission before using a company's logos, and, in return, the brands are «thrilled at the awareness it [gives] their brand in a different and highly visible market» — the «Boots» boots were even acquired by the Boots family for their private art collection, she points out.

Vigil Games had been acquired as part of the THQ family and ultimately went under after the company filed for bankruptcy.

Ferrari welcomed the Maserati brand into its family in 1997; Maserati had previously been acquired by parent company Fiat.

Dallas - based Sewell Family of Companies dealership group has acquired Joe Cooper Toyota in Wichita Falls, Tex. and plans to build a new state - of - the art facility to house the dealership, rep...

«As for acquiring new titles, the policies of the two companies have remained the same, with one exception: in auctions, Penguin editors can still make a house bid, while RH editors can bid against each other, and against Penguin, as long as there is another bidder outside of the PRH family.»

In a smart move by Amazon, shortly before announcing the new Kindle Fire HD family of products to the world on September 6, 2012, the company acquired the domain name KindleFireHD.com.

There are many other companies we have spoken with, but the professionalism that you have shown has caused us not only to acquire your services but also to refer you to Lawyers, Mortgage Brokers, Colleagues, Friends and Family.

The idea is reminiscent of «Super» Mario J. Gabelli's Private Market Value with a Catalyst methodology, the premise of which is the value of a company «if it is acquired by an informed wealthy family, or by another private or public corporation, as opposed to the price it is trading at in the stock markets.

While we continue to believe there are a handful of potential buyers who could realize greater synergies through a combination with Family Dollar and are hopeful that one or more of them will surface as a result of today's announcement, we are extremely pleased with Dollar Tree's intention to acquire Family Dollar in a transaction that values the company at $ 74.50 per share.

While the family has done a good job of allowing the board of directors and management to grow the company over time, you need to realize that the Brown family has stated that they will never allow the company to be acquired.

In the previous article I explained how my family and I started our debt snowball by quickly eliminating over $ 18,000 of debt (completely paying off three accounts) with proceeds from the sale of common stock I had acquired through my company's employee stock purchase program.

In an industry where competing for new clients and growing an account base is so important, referral bonuses not only keep the costs of acquiring new clients low but they also signal, albeit indirectly, that a discount brokerage believes that their clients will find reasons beyond the financial incentive to endorse the company to their friends / family or colleagues.

Fromm Family Foods in Mequon, Wis., and Champion Petfoods, which has U.S. offices in Auburn, Ky., announced that they will no longer sell their products through the online retailer, which was acquired by PetSmart in May, earning both companies praise from fast - growing pet retail chain Bentley's Pet Stuff.

VICTOR became a Super Premium Pet Food when the brand was acquired by Mid America Pet Food LLC in 1998, a family - operated company located in Mount Pleasant, TX.

In March 2012, Genesis was acquired by Kemin Industries, Inc., a privately held, family - owned company that has nearly 1,500 employees and operates in more than 90 countries.

The company has acquired the products and intellectual property rights of Bamboo, the pet products division of Munchkin, Inc., a market - leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of infant and toddler products, headquartered in North Hills, Calif. «Bamboo products are an excellent complement to our existing Petmate product families,» says Joe Messner, newly appointed CEO of Petmate.

Whether representing Fortune 500 companies or small family owned businesses, Mr. Speights is a zealous advocate, provides exceptional representation for his clients, and often acquires results beyond even his client's expectations.

The plaintiffs, the family of Ernest V. Quiroz Jr., in the Quiroz v. Alcoa case claim Reynolds Metal Company, which was acquired by Alcoa in 2000, is responsible for the October 2014 death of Quiroz.

DIVORCEmate acquires new equity partner Toronto, October 20, 2000: DIVORCEmate Software Inc. (DIVORCEmate), the leading developer of family law software in Canada, has joined forces with the Lawyers» Professional Indemnity Company (LPIC) to develop an integrated, internet - ready, matrimonial law software package.

It was an operation that took place in a time when globalisation was not as extended as it is now, where the acquired company was a family - owned company whose organisation, policies, structure and culture were very different from those of a large multinational corporation.