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With Acon tipped as frontrunner for East Coast, sale reveals another seafood hungry PE  

ACON Investments might be tipped as the frontrunner to acquire East Coast, but the sale process has revealed yet another PE looking at deals in the seafood sector

By Tom Seaman | April 26, 2022 16:05 BST
A cooked lobster. Credit: East Coast Seafood Group's website
A cooked lobster. Credit: East Coast Seafood Group's website
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US private equity (PE) ACON Investments might be tipped as the frontrunner to acquire East Coast Seafood Group (ECSG), but the sale process for the scallop and lobster processor has revealed yet another PE looking at deals in the sector [...]

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