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Veggie Grill Raises $20M in Private Equity Funding

LA Times, Fortune, Yahoo! News, and other media outlets sharing the news about Veggie Grill Veggie Grill, a Santa-Monica based chain of vegan restaurants, has raised $20 million in common-stock funding from both current shareholders and new investors, the Los Angeles Times reported. A large portion of this investment was contributed by Brentwood Associates, making the private equity firm the…

Private Equity Firm Had Its Fill of Restaurant Franchisee, reports the LABJ

Portfolio Company News: Pacific Island Restaurants West L.A. private equity firm Brentwood Associates usually holds on to its investments for six years or so, reported the Los Angeles Business Journal. But it was nearly eight years before Brentwood tried to sell Pacific Island Restaurants Inc. – the sole franchisee of Pizza Hut and Tacho Bell in Hawaii,…

Nimes Capital buys Pizza Hut, Taco Bell franchisee, reports The Daily Journal

Portfolio Company News: Pacific Island Restaurants Consumer-focused private equity investment firm Brentwood Associates sold Pacific Island Restaurants Inc. to Nimes Capital last week, reported The Daily Journal. Honolulu-based Pacific Island Restaurants is the sole franchisee of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants throughout Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. The deal closed at the end of December, eight years after…

Brentwood Associates Sells Portfolio Company to Nazarian Firm, reports the LABJ

Portfolio Company News: Pacific Island Restaurants Brentwood Associates yesterday said it sold Pacific Island Restaurants Inc., a large Pizza Hut and Taco Bell franchisee in the Pacific Rim, to the Century City private investment arm of Nazarian Enterprises, reported the Los Angeles Business Journal. Brentwood Associates, a West L.A. private equity investment firm that targets middle market consumer-focused…

Brentwood Associates Announces Sale of Pacific Island Restaurants

Portfolio Company News: Pacific Island Restaurants Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”), a leading consumer-focused private equity investment firm, announced it has completed the sale of Pacific Island Restaurants, Inc. (“PIR”), to Nimes Capital, LLC (“Nimes”). PIR is the sole franchisee of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell throughout Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. Terms of the transaction were not…