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Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton’s Corporate Finance team is pleased to announce the successful refinancing transaction of Pasta Romana Foods and Pizza Romana (hereinafter individually ‘‘Pasta Romana’’ or ‘‘Pizza Romana’’, and together the ‘‘Company’’).
Pasta Romana is a family-owned and operated business founded in 1996 by Mr. Bernard Filippone and his sons, and headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
For over 23 years, Pasta Romana has been offering a wide variety of high-quality fresh and frozen pastas, catering to big box retailers through both the Pasta Romana brand and its private label segment.
More recently, the Company, through its new entity Pizza Romana, has leveraged its proven expertise in operations and product development by acquiring a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to add high-quality frozen pizzas to its portfolio, which has seen tremendous momentum and success since inception.
The Company strives to never waiver from what has made it successful: products prepared as they would be at home and made fresh without any compromise to quality. Today, Pasta Romana and Pizza Romana have grown to become significant players in the Canadian food manufacturing industry, operating two state-of-the-art plants in Montréal North and in Lachine, where the Company has the capacity to produce 2,300 kg of pasta, 1,000 litres of sauce and 3,000 kg of pizza on an hourly basis.
The Company called on Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton to review and optimize its financial structure. Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton’s Corporate Finance team acted as exclusive financial advisor to the Company which now has a streamlined, adaptable and flexible structure that will allow it to seize new business opportunities in a very active industry.
“The Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Corporate Finance team significantly simplified our refinancing process.” states Mr. Michael Filippone, Vice President of Operations at Pasta Romana. “With their knowledge, expertise, and large network in the debt market, the team allowed our Company to obtain the most favourable terms and conditions, as well as the financial flexibility to sustain our growth. In addition to their deep understanding of our industry, they managed the entire process in a very professional manner and allowed for a seamless process from start to finish. We will certainly reach out to them on our next transaction.”
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