date:May 10, 2013
Post Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded ready-to-eat cereals, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the branded and private label cereal, granola and snacks business of Hearthside Food Solutions, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, for $158 million. The transaction does not include Hearthsides bars, cookies or crackers businesses.
The acquisition will net Post the Golden Temple, Peace Cereal, Sweet Home Farm and Willamette Valley Granola Co. brand