M&A deal activity in the food and beverage space thrived in 2021, setting a record-high year for transactions. With 374 deals closing over the trailing 12 month (TTM) period, ending December 31, 2021, this marks the second highest historic TTM deal count. After four consecutive quarters of unseen levels of M&A activity, Q4 2021 is the first quarter in a year not to surpass 90 announced transactions.

Food and Beverage M&A Landscape – Winter 2022

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Corporate Finance and Restructuring

M&A advisory, restructuring and insolvency, debt advisory, strategic alternatives, transaction diligence and independent financial opinions.

Consumer Investment Banking

Consumer, Retail, Food and Restaurant expertise for middle-market M&A transactions.

Distressed M&A and Special Situations

Kroll professionals have advised hundreds of companies, investors and other stakeholders at all stages of distressed transactions and special situations.


Transaction Advisory Services

Kroll’s Transaction Advisory Services platform offers corporate and financial investors with deep accounting and technical expertise, commercial knowledge, industry insight and seamless analytical services throughout the deal continuum.

Fairness and Solvency Opinions

Duff & Phelps Opinions is a global leader in Fairness Opinions and Special Committee Advisory, ranking #1 for total number of fairness opinions in the U.S., EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), Australia and Globally in 2023 according to LSEG (FKA Refinitiv).

Private Capital Markets – Debt Advisory

Kroll has extensive experience raising capital for middle-market companies to support a wide range of transactions.


Financial Sponsors Group

Dedicated coverage and access to M&A deal-flow for financial sponsors.

Comprehensive Due Diligence Solution

Our Comprehensive Due Diligence solution helps clients minimize risks and make the most informed business decisions. We support in the areas of tax, compliance and regulatory, ESG, operations/strategy, M&A, financial and accounting, investigations, disputes and cyber/IT risk.