Bahrain private equity firm acquired stake in a food & catering company

GrowthGate, a Bahrain registered private equity firm, has reached an agreement to acquire 22% of International Foods, a food and catering services firm in the Middle East.

International Foods is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi with operations in Saudi, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. It is a privately held corporation with expected consolidated revenues in 2010, of $81 million and consolidated EBITDA of $10.32 million for the same period. The value of the acquisition was not disclosed.

Growthgate is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code EM10.

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