Ashish Seth of Harrington Park Advisors Speaks to Bloomberg Intelligence About Restaurant M&A on Choppin’ It Up

The volume of restaurant mergers and acquisitions remains well below 2019-21 levels, but private-market activity is starting to pick up, Harrington Park Advisors Founder and Managing Director Ashish Seth tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Seth sits down with BI’s senior restaurant and foodservice analyst Michael Halen to discuss the state of the M&A market, including investors’ preference for franchised brands over company-owned ones. He also comments on valuations and the lending market and describes the matchmaking process between acquirers and target companies.

Ashish Seth of Harrington Park Advisors Speaks to Bloomberg Intelligence About Restaurant M&A on Choppin’ It Up

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