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The Food and Drink Business

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Bargain Booze parent company snaps up Wine Rack

Conviviality Retail has wasted little time in using its stock market listing to peruse acquisition-led growth by purchasing Wine Rack.

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Naked Wines toasts new eight-figure funding round to boost international efforts

Online wine retailer Naked Wines has secured itself $10 million of new funding to go after the US and Australian markets.

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Little Chef sale 'like we are selling part of ourselves', says RCapital's Jamie Constable

Rescue investor RCapital has sold its stake in Little Chef for £15 million after the 'longest turnaround' of the firm's nine-year history.

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Tyrrells crisp business gobbled up by Investcorp in £100 million deal

Dorset Cereals-backer Langholm Capital has sold its stake in Tyrrells for £100 million, five years after buying it for £30 million.

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Bargain Booze business closes private tab and lists on AIM

The Alternative Investment Market's latest recruit is set to raise £64 million to eliminate debt and buy out its private equity backer ECI Partners.

Entrepreneurs

Hop Stuff Brewery: Using crowdfunding to finance a beer business

South London-based Hop Stuff Brewery has become the third brewer to raise capital via equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

Entrepreneurs

Gü’s James Averdieck: From luxury chocolate pots to healthy coconut treats

After waiting three and a half years to find the right idea, Gü founder James Averdieck is entering the desserts game again to tackle the dairy intolerance problem. GrowthBusiness finds out more.

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Eating out sector worth £25 billion in the UK as food start-ups fuel growth

A six-point action plan to encourage local councils and the government to boost food entrepreneurship has been laid out by social enterprise Kitchenette.

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Atlantic Foods Group exit continues Maven Capital Partners disposal activity

Maven Capital Partners has sold its stake in Atlantic Foods Group through a transaction which represents a 1.8x return.

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Tesco snaps up restaurant chain Giraffe as part of plans to develop larger stores

Supermarket chain Tesco has acquired the Giraffe restaurant chain for £48.6 million and now intends to turn it into a 'family-friendly' retail destination.

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Hello Fresh cooks up recipe for growth with new investment deal led by Vorwerk Ventures

An e-commerce firm which allows users to receive recipes and an exact ingredients list to their door has gobbled up new investment.

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Cake making business links up with Andrew Johnson and NBGI Private Equity for MBI

Andrew Johnson has landed his second management buy-in by taking on McCambridge Group with help from NBGI Private Equity.