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Specialty ConsumerOur focus is on businesses that produce a highly differentiated product or service whether in consumables, apparel or retail. This methodology enables Hawthorn to exploit niche opportunities to build significant brand value. |
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Natural Food Holdings is a leading branded natural-protein company, selling to retail, foodservice distributors, national accounts and further processors through North American and Asia. NFH also provides custom processing services to domestic and international meat companies.INVESTMENT THESISBuild a differentiated specialty protein platform with high barriers to replication that leveraged growing demand for “all-natural” products derived from livestock humanely raised without antibiotics or added hormones in partnership with a 30 year protein industry veteran. Acquire both highly recognized brands as well as separate highly flexible and unique protein specific processing assets. EXITMajority Leveraged recapitalization in 2011, small retained ownership today. |