BRS Completes Recapitalization of Seroyal International Inc.
NEW YORK, January 11, 2005 - Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.("BRS") announced today the completion of a recapitalization of Seroyal International Inc. and its affiliate Seroyal USA Inc. (collectively "Seroyal" or the "Company") with the founder of Seroyal, Rosetta Raso. American Capital Strategies Ltd. also participated in the transaction. Seroyal, headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, markets and distributes high-quality nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies to health care practitioners in Canada and the U.S. The Company's practitioner...
Real Mex Restaurants Inc. Completes Acquisition of Chevys Inc.
NEW YORK, January 11, 2005 - Real Mex Restaurants, Inc., a portfolio company of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.("BRS") today announced it has formally acquired Chevys Inc.’s Chevys Fresh Mex® Restaurants and Fuzio Universal Pasta®, making it the largest operator of full-service, Mexican restaurants in the country. With the acquisition, Real Mex Restaurants’ combined systems sales will exceed half a billion dollars, becoming the largest operator of casual dining Mexican restaurants in the country. "This is...