A Leading M&A Advisor for Multi-Unit Consumer Services Companies

I have known Ashish and the HPA team for several years and hold their integrity and commitment to clients in the highest regard. As we considered a sale of Brew Team TN, the HPA team was instrumental not only on the transaction but also in helping us take a holistic view of our broader 7 Brew Coffee businesses and how to optimize long-term outcomes. I would strongly recommend HPA to my fellow 7 Brew franchisees and others in leading franchised systems.

I have always felt that Call Your Mother is a special business. Our brand, authenticity, vibes, and entrepreneurial spirit have been key drivers of our success to date. Of the few advisors we spoke to, only Harrington Park Advisors shared our spirit and values. From day one it was clear that the HPA team was creative and entrepreneurial and had unmatched relationships and credibility with best-in-class buyers. The HPA team showcased our brand, performance, and growth potential and delivered a financial result and partnership we could have only dreamed of. And on a personal note, the team is made up of great people – people who always looked out for Call Your Mother, and who were a blast to work with along the way.

On behalf of the entire Mo’ Bettahs team, we are so pleased to have worked with Harrington Park Advisors on our transaction. Mo’ Bettahs places a big emphasis on culture, and from the outset we knew Harrington Park was the right fit for our brand. Additionally, their knowledge, experience, dedication, and proactivity – from the senior leadership through the most junior team members – supported us through all phases of the M&A process. They immersed themselves in our business down to every number at every store in order to market our business the right way, resulting in a fantastic outcome for our brand and equityholders.

I am thrilled to have worked with Harrington Park Advisors. I interviewed many different firms to help us find the right partner but none had the personal touch and depth of experience that HPA brought to the table. The HPA team put our relationship before our transaction, getting to know me and my business over the course of three-and-a-half years. From providing unfiltered advice to serving as a sounding board during stressful moments, and from bringing the IMAGE brand and vision to life every day to negotiating the best deal terms for IMAGE Studios, the Harrington Park team was always in my corner.

Harrington Park Advisors was the perfect choice for an emerging brand like Houston TX Hot Chicken. Besides helping me find the right partner to help HHC grow, HPA was adaptable and responsive to the needs of the business and the type of deal we were trying to find. The team was highly efficient, capable, and thoughtful in its analysis, and did a great job negotiating key terms, facilitating diligence and working towards a speedy close.

Working with Ashish and Matt on the sale of Fuzzy’s Taco Shop was an exceptional experience. They brought both strategic insight and a disciplined process, but most importantly, their senior relationships across the restaurant industry were pivotal in bringing Dine Brands to the table. Securing a strategic, public company as the buyer was a defining outcome for Fuzzy’s, and the HPA team's connectivity and execution were central to making that possible.

Swig values connecting with our guests and treating people right. Working with Ashish, it was clear from day one that we have a shared value system. Ashish got to know Swig, our employees, and our story well and became an extension of our team. He cares about his clients and dives in deep into knowing the brand so well that he even became a regular customer and big fan of Swig! Also, given this was our first sale process, Ashish made us feel very comfortable by explaining and being there for us at each stage of the process. For Ashish, the focus wasn’t about getting any deal done, but rather delivering the best result for his client.

Ashish led our dividend recapitalization transaction and was deeply involved in every aspect of the deal from start to finish. His access across majority and minority equity investors as well as debt investors was crucial to finding the right solution for Another Broken Egg.

I have known Ashish for several years and have admired the energy, focus, and expertise he brings to clients and transactions with his own personal touch. Ashish immerses himself in the brands he represents and leads every aspect of deal execution. Ashish led Velvet Taco’s most recent transaction and his deep relationships with best-in-class buyers was critical in helping Velvet find the right partner and achieve a tremendous valuation for our investors.

Choosing the right advisor to represent your company can be a daunting task for a founder. Ashish and Matt made the choice easy! They built a relationship with Condado when we had a handful of restaurants and then took the extraordinary step of visiting each one of our 11 stores across multiple markets. The familiarity they built with our brand, people, and purpose enabled them to market Condado the right way, and ultimately deliver the right financial partner at an outlier valuation. Ashish and Matt acted with integrity, always looking to do the right thing for Condado and our team.

Ashish and Matt led the Kura Sushi IPO in 2019. Their confidence and enthusiasm in the Kura story, along with their commitment to our success as our first banking partner, gave us the momentum we needed. Ashish and Matt went far beyond their traditional roles as bankers to help us find real estate agents, photographers, videographers, website developers, and more. It was clear that we were always their top priority.