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Worldwide Produce
About the Company
Worldwide Produce (“Worldwide”) is a leading distributor of high-quality fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and specialty foods to local restaurants, national chains, hotels, country clubs, entertainment venues, and catering companies in the Southern California region. Operating from state-of-the-art climate-controlled facilities in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, Worldwide stocks thousands of items needed to efficiently operate a foodservice business. Worldwide also carries hard-to-find specialty items, paper goods, and cleaning supplies.
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Situation
Long-term industry leader, Worldwide, joined forces with financial partner, Sole Source Capital (“Sole Source”) in 2019. Since being founded in 1989, Worldwide established its reputation as a premium produce provider to the Foodservice industry and experienced strong organic growth. Following its partnership with Sole Source, Worldwide’s management team were looking to further enhance their growth through a targeted M&A strategy to deepen their service and product offerings, acquire new customers, and expand geographically into new markets.
Engagement
G2 Capital Advisors, LLC (“G2”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to Worldwide leading a bespoke buy-side effort focused on identifying and engaging with companies that have a strong market presence and operations within the produce distribution markets.
Outcome
G2’s mandate with Worldwide led to the acquisition of Vision Produce Company (“Vision”) which added an enhanced geographic presence, additional sales channels, deep grower relationships, and a strong talent pool. Together, Worldwide and Vision will leverage a larger geographic footprint, impressive food safety records, and expertise to deliver the highest quality of goods to their customer base.
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Sub-Sector
- Food & Beverage
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