Peak Rock Capital

Canaccord Genuity Sawaya Partners Advises Peak Rock Capital on its Acquisition of Ziyad Brothers

Canaccord Genuity Sawaya Partners is pleased to announce it has advised an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, a leading middle-market private investment firm, on its completed acquisition of Ziyad Brothers, in partnership with the Company’s management team and the Ziyad family.

Ziyad is a leading omni-channel provider of branded Middle Eastern and Mediterranean foods and has a 50-year track record of delivering a diverse product portfolio of over 800 SKUs to thousands of customers, including local specialty grocers, supermarkets, national accounts, and e-commerce platforms. Headquartered in Chicago, with additional facilities in New Jersey and California, Ziyad has earned a strong reputation for its exceptional portfolio of brands, reliable service, national distribution, deep relationships, and category expertise.

As a leading middle-market private investment firm, Peak Rock Capital makes equity and debt investments in companies in North America and Europe. Peak Rock’s equity investment platform focuses on opportunities where it can support senior management to drive rapid growth and performance improvement, with expertise in corporate carve-outs and partnering with families and founders seeking first-time institutional capital.

The acquisition of Ziyad represents Peak Rock’s thirteenth investment in the food, beverage and consumer industry in recent years.

Canaccord Genuity Sawaya Partners, with a team led by Joshua Michaels and Javed Narejo and supported by Brandon Heinze and Zachary Johnson, served as the financial advisor to Peak Rock Capital.