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The impacts of the slowdown in M&A during 2020 and 2021, combined with the levels of capital on the sideline, will set up the next great run in M&A. We believe starting in 2022 and continuing for at least 5 years, we will see an unprecedented growth in M&A. This growth will be driven by private equity more than any prior M&A market.

Industry Update

GCG's July 2020 Food & Beverage Pulse provides an overview on recent news topics and trends within the Food & Beverage sector.

Industry Update

By the end of 2019, private equity had a record high of over $1.2 trillion of uninvested capital which needed to be deployed. Most of this capital was raised by new funds with a 5 to 7 year window to invest. That said, during the last recession, the decline in investing by private equity dropped 67 percent. These competing factors will be influencing the M&A market for the remainder of 2020 and beyond.