Consumer & Retail M&A deals

Umios agreed to acquire Canadian seafood company High Liner Foods for C$27.00 per share in cash, a roughly 79% premium, valuing equity at about C$804 million and enterprise value at C$1.25 billion. Holder Thornridge, with about 41.4% of shares, has agreed to vote in favor.

The Alberta Securities Commission dismissed Curaleaf's bid to halt Aurora Cannabis' at-the-market share program, as Aurora's board keeps urging holders to reject Curaleaf's revised hostile offer.

Playground makers PlayPower and BCI Burke terminated their merger agreement after the FTC and several states sued to block the deal.

Marquee Brands, via partner JM&A Design & Development, completed its acquisition of Canadian apparel brand Roots for C$4.10 per share in cash.

China Chunlai Education Group completed its acquisition of Dublin Business School from Kaplan for $127.5 million.

Lithia Motors acquired four Kia and Hyundai dealerships from Memphis-based Gossett Motor Cars.

GrabAGun Digital Holdings completed its acquisition of Camfour, expanding into national wholesale distribution.

Beauty accelerator The Center Brands, with dermatologist Dr. Mamina Turegano, acquired Boscia from Japan's FANCL.

Columbia Distributing closed its purchase of certain Alaska beverage distribution assets from Republic National Distributing Company.

California Custom Fruits & Flavors, a Peak Rock affiliate, acquired the Custom Nutritional Ingredients division of Skjodt-Barrett Foods.

Adventure Ready Brands acquired CleanLife No Rinse, a maker of waterless personal hygiene products.

West Shore Home acquired Atlas Home Improvement, expanding into Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan.

Anderson Automotive Group acquired Acura of Fort Myers and Lexus of Fort Myers in Florida.

WSG Brands has acquired SANCTUARY, the nearly 30-year-old Los Angeles contemporary women's lifestyle brand, to expand it into new markets and categories.

EP Group's tender offer for French electronics and appliance retailer Fnac Darty will close its initial acceptance period on November 9, 2026. If the offer succeeds, a reopening period will follow, giving remaining shareholders another chance to tender their shares.

David's Bridal will separate Pearl, its AI-focused wedding planning and media platform, into a stand-alone public company valued at $350 million. The deal anticipates $75 million in PIPE funding, including a $25 million anchor from largest shareholder CION Investment Corporation. CEO Kelly Cook is expected to lead Pearl, and David's Bridal will remain a material shareholder.

VIVESCIA's malting business Malteurop has acquired the Chunlei Malting Co. plant near Yancheng in Jiangsu province, which can produce 220,000 tonnes of malt a year, enough for 2 billion liters of beer. The deal, finalized this summer, was celebrated today. Malteurop is the only foreign commercial malt producer in China. Terms were not disclosed.

Lani Automotive Group bought Mount Pleasant Chevrolet GMC Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Iowa from Coleman Automotive Group.

David's Bridal filed a nonbinding letter of intent to spin off its AI wedding-planning platform Pearl as a public company targeting a roughly $350 million valuation.

Bose has acquired Skullcandy, the Park City, Utah-based lifestyle audio brand, following a multi-year partnership that brought Sound by Bose technology to Skullcandy earbuds and headphones. Skullcandy will remain a separate brand within Bose's Premium Consumer Audio business. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ewing Morris launched an unsolicited tender for up to 6.8% of Decibel Cannabis shares at $1.91 each, about $5.0 million in total.

Napaway is being acquired by longtime partner Butterfly Flexible Seating Solutions.

Spreen Automotive Group bought Volkswagen of Murrieta and its real estate from Hendrick Automotive Group.

Forward Consumer Partners signed an agreement to acquire Welly Health PBC from Unilever. Welly is a first-aid and bandage brand created in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Eric Ryan. Financial terms were not disclosed.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM completed the previously announced sale of PersonalizationMall.com and Things Remembered to PlanetArt.

Central Garden & Pet acquired W. Atlee Burpee Company, a 150-year-old packet seed and young plant brand; the deal closed September 30.

GoPro filed a preliminary proxy for its proposed merger with Starman Optical and restated some past financials over non-cash warrant accounting errors.

Spark Dealer Group agreed to acquire Louisiana outdoor power equipment dealer Gautreaux's Outdoor Power; closing is expected in Q4 2026.

National Kitchen & Bath Showrooms acquired Virginia Beach-based Greenwich Kitchens, its first Mid-Atlantic location.

Shareholders of France's Panzani and Portugal's Cerealis have entered exclusive negotiations to combine the two pasta and cereal makers. Backed by Cerealis' founding families, Sofina and CVC Capital Partners, the group would have an enterprise value of about €1.8 billion, roughly €1 billion in annual revenue and nearly 1,800 employees.

Oak UK Bidco, owned by funds tied to Wittington Investments and Fairfax Financial, agreed on October 7 to acquire Boots' parent company from The Boots Group Limited.

Over 99% of Roots shareholders approved its acquisition by Marquee Brands, which has cleared Canada's Competition Act and is expected to close this month.

Lash and brow products and education provider BorboletaPro acquired Dulce Lash Artistry and became preferred lash partner of Paul Mitchell Advanced Education.

Beretta Holding's $44.80-a-share tender offer for up to 2,400,184 Sturm, Ruger shares was oversubscribed, with a preliminary proration factor of about 38.45%.

Chubby Group signed a letter of intent to buy GEN Restaurant Group's 47 U.S. restaurants and four development sites for up to $100 million.

Roots obtained the Ontario court's final order approving its plan of arrangement to be acquired by Marquee Brands through partner JM&A Design & Development.

Gregg Young Automotive Group sold its Plattsmouth, Nebraska Chevrolet dealership to Janssen Auto Group.

TEG closed a share-exchange combination with StageWise Strategies and will trade on OTC Markets as TEG Overseas, Inc.

El Car Wash acquired four Sparkle Express Car Wash locations and plans to reach 50 Chicagoland sites.

Brynwood-backed West Madison Foods acquired The Flavor of California from its CEO and Salt Creek Capital; terms undisclosed.

Exotic car dealer Marshall Goldman acquired West Palm Beach's Marino Performance Motors, its first Florida showroom.

LV Petroleum acquired a travel center in Lowell, Arkansas, its 95th location.

Middle West Partners and a group of longtime clients acquired high-jewelry brand Lugano in a management-backed sale.

Beach Point Capital closed the sale of portable shelter maker E-Z UP to Norwest Equity Partners.

Jasco bought Zooz, a Z-Wave smart home products company, to grow its smart home division.

United States Stove Company joined World Marketing of America, putting their residential and portable heating brands on one platform.

"Starbucks is not buying Chipotle," a spokesperson told CNBC, denying a Financial Times report that the coffee chain had worked with advisors on a takeover proposal. Chipotle shares fell nearly 4% on the denial while Starbucks rose about 1%; Chipotle had reportedly hired advisors to fend off activists or an unwanted bid.

Kimberly-Clark secured requisite consents to amend Kenvue notes in exchange offers for up to $7 billion of new notes tied to its pending Kenvue acquisition; settlement not expected before Nov. 2.

Centre Partners- and Baldwin Creek-backed TruTemp Services acquired D&D HVAC and Sandhills Heating & Refrigeration in North Carolina.

Alimentation Couche-Tard has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Irving Oil retail assets. The package includes 50 Québec sites and two Ontario sites that Couche-Tard already operates, plus 18 cardlock sites and fuel supply to 71 of its own Québec stores. The deal needs regulatory approval, including under the Competition Act.

Starbucks has been working with advisers on a possible takeover proposal for Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Financial Times reported. The report sent Chipotle shares up about 6%. Chipotle has more than $11B in annual U.S. system-wide sales, and Starbucks declined to comment.

Bigben Interactive sold subsidiary Bigben Connected to Modelabs for €35M at closing plus a roughly €13M vendor loan, amid accelerated safeguard proceedings.

Personalized Story Group acquired Slovenia-founded personalized-book brand Hooray Heroes, its second brand acquisition.

Zone Frontier sold its CleanCore aqueous ozone cleaning business to Sanzonate for a $3.35M note, with up to about $5.6M in total potential payments.

O'Brien Auto Team acquired Jack Kain Ford in Versailles, Kentucky, from the Kain family.

Fairfax Financial is partnering with Wittington Investments, the Weston family's holding company, to acquire Boots' UK and Ireland retail operations, Boots Opticians, the No7 Beauty Company, and Boots' Thailand and franchised businesses. The total purchase price is about $8.9 billion, including assumed debt.

China's ANTA Sports completed its purchase of a 29.06% stake in Puma from Artémis, the Pinault family's investment company, for €1.5055 billion (about $1.7 billion) in cash. ANTA will seek supervisory board representation and says it has no plans to make a takeover offer.

Copart has again extended the expiration of its all-cash tender offer to buy all shares of ACV Auctions at $10.50 per share.

B&G Foods and Quebec-based Nortera Foods ended their agreement on October 6 for Nortera to buy B&G's Green Giant and Le Sieur businesses in Canada after the Competition Bureau moved to block it. B&G said it will keep exploring other options for its Canadian Green Giant vegetable business.

ANTA Sports completed its purchase of a 29.06% stake in PUMA from Artémis, the Pinault family's investment company, for €1,505.5 million in cash. After regulatory approvals, ANTA is now PUMA's largest shareholder and says it will respect the brand's independence while supporting its turnaround.