Transactions - Consumer & retail

Dossche Mills, a Belgian producer of wheat flour and bakery ingredients, acquired Mühle Rüningen, a German producer of flour and grain-based products since 1312.

The Unsworth Family acquired Aimia Foods Limited, a market-leading UK-based food and drink company with a turnover of GBP 120 million.

Takealot Online, the leading e-commerce retailer in South Africa, sold its subsidiary Superbalist to a consortium of private equity investors including Blank Canvas Capital and KLT.

Trinity International Education, a subsidiary of Trinity ViaggiStudio Srl, a travel and study abroad vacations tour operator, acquired St. Andrews College Language Schools, a company specialising in summer camps and cultural programs.

Adveo, a French supplier of business and office supplies, sold Adveo Benelux, a wholesaler and distributor of business and office supplies, to PBS Holding AG.

Girasol Natural Products, a producer of all-natural emulsions and gels, sold a majority stake to Natural Planet Holding.

Czech ski-in ski-out Hotel Harmony Club was sold to Nordic Investors Group, together with RKE Holding and AKE Holding. Nordic Investors acquired both the real estate and the operations of the hotel in carve-out transaction.

GALERIA Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) sold INNO SA/NV, a Belgian department store chain, to INNOvative Retail BV, a newly established company jointly owned by Axcent of Scandinavia and SKEL fjárfestingafélag.

Ricami NBM, part of Star New Generation SpA (SNG), sold its minority stake in Ricami NBM and reinvested in Gruppo Florence, as part of Gruppo Florence’s acquisition of SNG.

Newlat Food SpA of Italy, a unit of Newlat Group SA, agreed to acquire Princes Ltd, a Liverpool-based grocery products merchant wholesaler, from Mitsubishi Corp.

Alterra Capital Partners and other co-investors acquired Beverages HoldCo 2, a leading carbonated soft drinks and sparkling wine producer in South Africa.

Hruška, spol. s r.o., a grocery retailer, and its real estate arm Sempronemo s.r.o. were sold to Central European Retail Holding, owned by private equity fund Oriens.

La Anita, a producer and distributor in the food industry, acquired Zaaschila, a key competitor with strong presence in northern Mexico.

Lucky Duck Games, a leading developer of crowdfunding and digital-hybrid board games, was sold to Goliath Games, one of the largest European toys & games companies.

MiiN Cosmetics, a leading retailer of Korean cosmetics in Europe, sold a minority stake to Barlon Capital, a private equity fund.

The Rohatyn Group and Nedbank Private Equity sold The Beverage Company, one of the largest carbonated soft drink producers in Southern Africa, to Varun Beverages (NSE:VBL).

Munro Tailoring, a provider of custom-made suits and shirts for men, acquired In Maglia, an Italian family-owned knitwear production company.

GoNorth, a local Icelandic Destination Management Company (DMC), was sold to Nordic, the market leader in Belgium for Scandinavian travel.

Askja Reizen, a respected tour operator in the travel industry with a focus on Scandinavia and Iceland, was sold to Nordic, the market leader in Belgium for Scandinavian travel.