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February 21, 2024

Sam Kekovich may need to learn Portguese 'cos an Australian lamb company has got new Brazilian owners

Brazil's Minerva Foods has snapped up the Australian Lamb Company.

What's the key learning?

  • The Australian Lamb Ci, generated an EBITDA of $21m on $430m of revenue for the year to June 2021 and it put itself up for sale to capitalise on the soaring global demand for protein earlier this year.
  • Brazil's Minerva Foods has snapped up the Australian Lamb Co. for $400m.
  • Companies that sell protein sources are in very hot demand around the world right dow due to global food shortages caused by the war in Ukraine with Russia.

👉 Background: Australian Lamb Co is a major supplier of lamb to companies like Coles, as well as hotels, resorts, restaurants and butchers.

👉 What happened: For the year to June 2021, it generated an EBITDA of $21m on $430m of revenue. Not behhd at all. Earlier this year,, Australian Lamb put itself up for sale to capitalise on the soaring global demand for protein.

👉 What else: Now, Brazil‘s Minerva Foods has snapped up the Australian Lamb Company for $400m.

What's the key learning?

💡The perfect exit is all about the perfect timing. Companies that sell protein sources are in very hot demand around the world right now.

💡The main reason? The war in Ukraine with Russia is causing food shortages around the world. And the Australian meat processing industry is on fire. In fact, it generates $23.5bn of annual revenue, according to IBISWorld.

💡And with export demand rising dramatically over the past five years, its clear why Australian Lamb put itself up for sale.

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