Managing Director
Joshua Heft is a Managing 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:
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.
Served as financial advisor to C&S Wholesale Grocers on its acquisition of SpartanNash
Served as financial advisor to Roche Bros. Supermarkets on its sale to Bozzuto’s owner
Served as financial advisor to Fresh Encounter Inc. on its sale to SpartanNash
Served as financial advisor to FreshDirect on its split-off from Getir
Served as financial advisor to Mercatus Technologies on its merger with Stor.ai
Served as financial advisor to El Rancho Supermercado on its sale to Heritage Grocers Group, a portfolio company of Apollo
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Imperfect Foods on its sale to Misfits Market
Served as lead financial advisor to KKR and Cardenas Markets on its sale to Apollo
Served as financial advisor to Save A Lot on the sale of 33 stores to Ascend Grocery as part of its re-licensing program
Served as financial advisor to Boxed on its merger with Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp.
Served as financial advisor to Price Chopper / Market 32 on its merger with Tops Markets
Advised Save-A-Lot on its sale of 51 stores to Fresh Encounter as part of an ongoing recapitalization and relicensing sales program
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…
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…
