潜水简介：
- 霍尔梅尔正在收购哥伦布工艺肉类，优质熟食肉和萨拉米香系公司，以8.5亿美元，according to a company release。
- The purchase adds a premium salami and charcuterie offering to Hormel’s deli lineup, which includes the Jennie-O, Applegate and DiLusso brands. San Francisco-based Columbus Craft Meats generates approximately $300 million in annual sales, and is expected to grow at a rate of 5% or more. The company also counts millennials among its core customers, according to Joe Ennen, chief executive officer of Columbus Manufacturing.
- “哥伦布的收购将作为将所有DELI业务联系到一个面向客户的组织的催化剂，”霍尔梅尔食品总裁兼首席执行官Jim Snee在释放中表示。“此次收购通过扩大我们的产品，客户和消费者组合，显着提高了DELI的规模。我们可以解锁此次收购的协同作用很清楚，我对我们公司的下一次演变感到兴奋。”
Dive Insight:
在演示期间今年早些时候，霍尔姆首席执行官Jim Snee表示，他的公司拥有“原始”资产负债表，并正在寻找收购。8月，公司购买Foodservice提供者Fontanini意大利肉类。现在，Hormel向其核心熟食线添加了高级品牌。
哥伦布工艺肉类is a 100-year-old company that specializes in charcuterie and salami, and has undergone impressive growth of late. Its packaged salamis have become a mainstay in gourmet and mainstream grocers across the country, while its deli selections, including roast beef, turkey and ham, have picked up significant momentum of late.根据Columbus’ website, it was the most widely distributed deli meat brand in the U.S. last year.
Columbus has made operational expansions to support this growth. In August, Columbus介绍一系列预切，未固化，无抗生素萨拉米香肠。一个月后，它宣布1600万美元的扩张at its Hayward, California curing facility that will allow it to produce 30% more salami.
对于旋红，哥伦布检查很多盒子。它是其类别的顶级球员，而且是一个快速的种植者。它为Hormel现有的Deli阵容增加了另一种维度，包括优质的AppleGate和Dilusso品牌。据哥伦布首席执行官Joe Ennen称，它也是一个非常受欢迎的品牌，千禧一代。
激素对扩展其Deli阵容的兴趣是可以理解的。根据Nielsen Perishables Group的数据, the deli department notches around 17% of total fresh dollar sales. Along with produce and foodservice, it’s seeing the highest volume and dollar sales of any store section.
激素可能被哥伦布的吸引生长肉类小吃产品，这比其他零食类别更快地增长，比薯片等其他小吃类别更快。自去年推出以来，该公司的帕诺野奶酪蛋白馅饼包装已增长800％。哥伦布还制作了一系列包装的蒜味咸腊肠和奶酪薯片。
近年来，Hormel在并购中一直处于积极的epleitate，Justin’s和肌肉牛奶。这些交易使公司在自然和有机肉类和坚果肉类和坚果肉类小吃等快速增长类别中的存在 - 在2016年帮助公司历史新高。随着收购哥伦布工艺肉类，环素进一步巩固了它的存在为未来增长表现出极大的承诺的行业。
