Premium Brands Holdings adds Stampede to M&A roster

Canada’s Premium Brands Holdings has wrapped up the year with another acquisition, snapping up US-based Stampede Culinary Partners. Premium Brands is paying just shy of US$664m for the Bridgeview, Illinois-headquartered business, which specialises in the sous-vide cooking technique for meat and plant-based proteins. Starting in 1995 with beef and pork, Stampede has since expanded into poultry, prepared meals and vegetables produced at six US facilities and one in Canada, located in Cambridge, Ontario, ac ...