Joshua Heft is a Director in Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants. He joined Solomon Partners in 2019.
Joshua has advised clients across consumer & retail sectors on mergers, acquisitions, sales, divestitures, restructurings, recapitalizations and debt and equity financings.
Select transaction experience includes:
- C&S Wholesale Grocers (on its pending acquisition of SpartanNash)
- Roche Bros. (on its sale to Bozzuto’s owner)
- Fresh Encounter (on its sale to SpartanNash)
- Albertsons (on its terminated merger with Kroger)
- KKR (on its sale of Cardenas Markets to Heritage Grocers Group / Apollo)
- El Rancho (on its sale to Heritage Grocers Group / Apollo)
- FreshDirect (on its split-off from Getir)
- Mercatus (on its merger with Stor.ai)
- Imperfect Foods (on its sale to Misfits Market)
- Boxed.com (on its sale of Spresso to BlackRock and its merger with Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp.)
- Price Chopper / Market 32 (on its merger with Tops Markets)
- Save A Lot (on its ~$1B recapitalization and relicensing sales)
- Fairway Markets (on its sale of stores to Village Super Market, Amazon, Bogopa and Key Food)
- Kings Balducci’s (on its sale to Albertsons)
- Bluegreen Vacations (on its initial public offering)
- BBX Capital (on its acquisition of IT’SUGAR)
- Gaiam (on the sale of its Branded Products Division to Sequential Brands Group)
- Cosmic Fog Vapors (on the sale of a minority stake to Imperial Brands)
- Lift Brands (on its recapitalization)
- Natural Habitat Adventures (on its sale to Lindblad Expeditions)
- Know How Systems Global (on its sale to Dent Wizard)
Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Joshua worked in the Consumer & Retail Group at Stifel.
Joshua holds a BA in Economics and International Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
Select Recent Transactions
Serving as financial advisor to C&S Wholesale Grocers on its pending acquisition of SpartanNash
June 2025
Served as financial advisor to Roche Bros. Supermarkets on its sale to Bozzuto’s owner
December 2024
Served as financial advisor to Fresh Encounter Inc. on its sale to SpartanNash
December 2024
Served as financial advisor to Mercatus Technologies on its merger with Stor.ai
December 2023
Served as financial advisor to El Rancho Supermercado on its sale to Heritage Grocers Group, a portfolio company of Apollo
June 2023
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Imperfect Foods on its sale to Misfits Market
November 2022
Served as lead financial advisor to KKR and Cardenas Markets on its sale to Apollo
August 2022
Served as financial advisor to Boxed on its merger with Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp.
December 2021
Served as financial advisor to Save A Lot on the sale of 33 stores to Ascend Grocery as part of its re-licensing program
December 2021
Served as financial advisor to Price Chopper / Market 32 on its merger with Tops Markets
November 2021
Served as financial advisor to KB Holdings, Inc. on its sale to Albertsons
January 2021
Advised Save-A-Lot on its sale of 51 stores to Fresh Encounter as part of an ongoing recapitalization and relicensing sales program
December 2020
Served as financial advisor to Fairway Market on the sale of select stores and distribution center to Village Super Markets, Key Foods, Amazon and Bogopa
July 2020
Served as financial advisor to Save A Lot on its successful recapitalization and refinancing
April 2020
Served as exclusive financial advisor to El Rancho Supermercado in connection with a strategic growth investment from Albertsons
November 2017