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Shearer’s snacks on private label trend to fund CD&R dividend

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Shearer’s snacks on private label trend to fund CD&R dividend

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  1. William Hoffman
3 min read

With grocery prices remaining stubbornly high, many consumers are turning to private-label brands like the ones made by Shearer’s Foods.

In order to tap into this growing private-label trend, CD&R bought the salty snacks and cookies maker Shearer’s from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board late last year.

Now, the sponsor is capitalizing on that growth with a debt-funded dividend payment.

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