Sector · Consumer

The investment bank
for selling your
consumer business.

Carleton McKenna & Co advises consumer business owners across food and beverage, hospitality and lodging, consumer products, multi-unit concepts, and craft and spirits on sell-side M&A and capital advisory engagements.

Why Owners Choose Us

Consumer M&A is won
on brand and
unit economics.

Consumer businesses, whether branded products, hospitality, or experiential concepts, are bought and sold on brand equity, customer cohort behavior, and unit-level economics. Buyers fall into three camps: strategic consumer companies, consumer-focused private equity, and family offices with long hold horizons. Each prices the same business differently.

We tell the right story to the right buyer pool. We match brand strength and concept differentiation to the buyers who pay premium multiples for those qualities.

Brand and concept positioning. What makes your business distinctive matters more than top-line growth in many consumer transactions. We surface and frame it.
Unit economics rigor. Multi-unit and franchise businesses are valued on contribution margin per unit. We build the analysis with confidence.
Direct-to-consumer fluency. CAC, LTV, retention, and channel mix are central diligence topics in modern consumer deals.
Hospitality and experiential expertise. Lodging, restaurants, and entertainment concepts each have unique valuation drivers. We know them.
Select Recent Consumer Transactions

Track record, not
marketing claims.

01
Malley's Candies
Branded Product Manufacturing
Sell-Side M&A
02
Water Safari Resort
Hospitality & Lodging
Sell-Side M&A
03
Saucy Brew Works
Craft Brewery & Spirits
Buy-Side M&A
04
Brew Kettle
Craft Brewery & Spirits
Strategic Advisory
05
Old Forge Camping Resort
Hospitality & Lodging
Sell-Side M&A
Considering selling your
consumer business?

Start with a confidential conversation. We will share what buyers are paying for companies like yours and what your path to closing looks like.

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