By Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Marc Cooper As warmer weather returns and we adjust our thermostats, I sat down with Head of Business Services Group Tim Shea to discuss M&A trends in essential service sectors. Tim, your team had a record year of deal activity in 2025. What’s been driving the strength of essential…
Subscribe Episode Description In this episode of Solomon Connects , Solomon Partners’ Head of Financial Sponsors Sash Rentala joins M&A Director Chris Moynihan to discuss the evolving M&A landscape amid elevated rates, macro uncertainty, and supply‑demand imbalance for assets. They explore why A‑quality assets continue to trade, what’s holding back broader exit activity, and how…
Food Distribution Quarterly Highlights Public food distributors continue to deliver steady earnings growth in a challenging macro environment Sales growth among public food distributors in Q4 was driven by consistent price growth, steady LSD case growth, and contributions from programmatic tuck-in acquisitions Investments in sales teams, increased service levels, loyalty programs, and expanded value and…
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “Five More Things You Might Not Know About Aldi” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “Five More Things You Might Not Know About Costco” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “Five More Things You Might Not Know About Amazon and Whole Foods” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Food Distribution Quarterly Highlights Public food distributors continue to deliver steady earnings growth in a challenging macro environment Sales growth among public food distributors in Q3 was driven primarily by inflation and contributions from previously completed acquisitions with case growth in the LSD Case volume growth was mixed across channels with independents outperforming chain business…
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “Five More Things You Might Not Know About Walmart” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “Five Things You Might Not Know About the Kroger-Albertsons FTC Trial” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “In 2024, Kroger / Albertsons is Not (Even Close to Being) a ‘Grocery Monopoly’” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “Here’s Why C&S Is Strong Divestiture Buyer” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Given all the pressure on America’s supermarket grocers, they cannot be expected to take on “more weight” from their national / discount grocery peers if they are not permitted to build the scale and efficiency required to remain viable. Read more from Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants Scott Moses in his latest column, America’s…
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “The Real Causes of Food Inflation” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF
Scott Moses , Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants , shares “C&S Wholesale Grocers Is Nothing Like Haggen” in his Supermarket News column. View PDF