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Private equity firm Roark Capital owns a number of fast food chains like Dunkin Donuts, Jimmy John’s, Sonic, Arby’s, and Buffalo Wild Wings. Roark’s portfolio companies and their franchisees employ almost a million workers. A report last year from…
In December 2020, the Roark Capital-owned company Inspire Brands acquired Dunkin’ Brands for $11.3. billon. Dunkin’ Brands operates Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins. Dunkin’ Donuts, the second largest coffee chain in the U.S. behind Starbucks, has a long record of…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project published a report on Atlanta-based Roark Capital Partners IV, which specializes in buying and running franchise businesses, especially within the food and restaurant industry. The performance of Roark, which closed at $2.5 billion in…
The main US private equity lobby group, the American Investment Council (AIC), released a report in 2019 touting private equity’s contributions to the US economy by employing millions of workers.[1] Since private equity firms buy out companies with…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has published a report on Roark Capital, which has collected billions from investors in recent years. Will those investors get it back? Private equity firm Roark Capital, based in Atlanta, recently launched fundraising for…
In its bid to acquire investment-starved newspaper chain Tribune Publishing, the hedge fund Alden Global Capital vowed to provide $375 million in cash to the owner of the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun and others. But industry and financial experts…
In the race to mitigate the effects of climate change, there is growing urgency to interrogate the role private equity plays in exacerbating the climate crisis, using labor-affiliated pension fund capital. Even as publicly traded companies begin to commit to…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has been working with the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and UK group ShareAction to engage investors regarding Deliveroo, a venture capital-backed UK-based food delivery company that operates on a gig…
In the last six months, a few private equity buyouts have dramatically increased the number of people working for private equity-owned companies. In October 2020, Roark Capital acquired Dunkin’ Brands, which has 330,000 people working at its Dunkin’ Donuts…
Private equity firm BC Partners has siphoned off billions of dollars from PetSmart, while leaving its workforce underpaid, overworked, and exposed to COVID-19. In 2015, BC Partners acquired PetSmart, the largest pet store chain in North America with over 1,600…
Roark Capital’s Inspire Brands division owns some of the largest fast-food chains: Dunkin’ Donuts, Arby’s, Jimmy John’s, Hardees, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Sonic. According to a recent Newsweek article, Sonic parent Inspire Brands, owned by Roark Capital, recently sent…
“In a deal like this, the ones who really bear the risk for that debt are the 800,000 workers around the world.” — Private Equity Stakeholder Project Executive Director Jim Baker. Earlier this week the American Prospect reported on…
