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Zoes Kitchen Opens Another Restaurant in The Main Line

Portfolio Company News: Zoes Kitchen Zoës Kitchen, a Brentwood Associates portfolio company, will open another restaurant  to bring Mediterranean comfort food with a Southern twist to the Main Line, a region of suburban Philadelphia, reports the Main Line Times. “That Mediterranean model, as has been much remarked, is a healthy one to start,” according to the…

Brentwood Gets First Dividend From K-Mac as Fundraising Continues, Reports peHUB and Fortune

Portfolio Company News: K-Mac and Paper Source Brentwood Associates has received its first dividend from K-Mac Holdings, reports peHUB. Bill Barnum, managing partner at Brentwood Associates, commented: “K-Mac’s debt, after the dividend, is lower than when Brentwood acquired it.”The article further discusses the success of K-Mac, the largest Taco Bell franchisee in the U.S. “One of the reasons…

Bill Gates Shows his Extensive Collection of Great Courses on 60 Minutes

Brentwood Associates portfolio company: The Teaching Company In a recent profile with “60 Minutes,” Bill Gates showed his extensive collection of The Great Courses from The Teaching Company, a Brentwood Associates portfolio company. “The more you learn,” Bill Gates said during his interview with 60 Minutes, “the more you have a framework the knowledge fits…

Brentwood Associates Recapitalizes K-Mac and Paper Source

Dividend recapitalizations of K-Mac and Paper Source Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”), a consumer-focused private equity investment firm, announced it has completed dividend recapitalizations of two of its portfolio companies, K-Mac Holdings, Corp. (“K-Mac”) and Paper Source, Inc. (“Paper Source”). The K-Mac dividend was financed through excess capacity under the company’s existing $252 million credit facility, and…

Veggie Grill Brings Plant-Based food to a Mass Audience, According to The NY Times

The New York Times considers whether healthy fast food is possible. Once again, Veggie Grill is proving that a general audience is craving healthy and delicious vegan options. According to the New York Times, “Veggie Grill, Lyfe Kitchen, Tender Greens and others have solved the challenge of bringing formerly upscale, plant-based foods to more of a mass…