Grocery Outlet
Hellman & Friedman acquired Grocery Outlet, a discount grocery chain, in 2014. Took it public in 2019 (NASDAQ: GO). Grocery Outlet operates through independent operators (IOs) — a franchisee model that shifts business risk to individual store operators while limiting their upside.
- FOUNDED
- 1946
- ACQUIRED
- Hellman & Friedman, 2014
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1946
Grocery Outlet founded
2014
Acquired by Hellman & Friedman
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