Karro Food Group

Eight Fifty Food Group ‘mulling London flotation’

Eight Fifty Food Group, one of private-equity firm CapVest's two major food platforms in the UK and Ireland, is reportedly…

Ireland’s M&M Walshe becomes Eight Fifty Food Group’s first acquisition

Eight Fifty Food Group, the UK-based meat and seafood business created last year through the combination of Karro Food Group…

2019 – The year in food industry M&A

Andy Coyne looks at significant transactions and emerging themes in merger, acquisition and investment activity in the global food sector…

Karro, Young’s Seafood parent gets new name

The new company housing UK pork supplier Karro Food Group and local peer Young's Seafood has been given a name.…

Seachill MD Simon Smith named new Young’s Seafood CEO

Simon Smith, managing director of UK seafood group Seachill, is to move to local rival Young's Seafood as its new CEO.…

What could be rationale for Karro, Young’s joining forces?

More than a year after the private-equity owners of Young's Seafood confirmed the UK fish processor was up for sale,…

Karro owner CapVest adds Young’s Seafood to “multi-protein” stable

CapVest Partners has moved to create what it calls a "multi-protein food group" with the acquisition of Young's Seafood. The…

Karro buys fellow UK meat firm TS Bloor & Sons

Karro Food Group has snapped up a peer in the UK meat sector, cooked meats supplier TS Bloor & Sons.…

CapVest strikes deal to buy UK pork firm Karro Food Group

UK-based buy-out house CapVest today (27 March) announced it is set to become the latest private-equity owner of local pork…

CapVest nearing deal for Karro Food Group

Private equity group CapVest is nearing a deal to acquire UK pork processor Karro Food Group, just-food understands.  Karro, owned…