Endeavour United exits Pizza Hut Japan
Endeavour United, a Japanese private equity firm established by the team behind turnaround investor Phoenix Capital, has ended its five-year tenure as owner of Pizza Hut Japan with a sale to Yamae Group Holdings
The price was not disclosed. Yamae, which is listed in Tokyo, generated JPY 503bn (USD 3.8bn) in sales last year, mostly from food wholesale and raw materials, feed, and livestock and marine products....
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