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05 Nov Market Ambassador Annual Meeting; Business, BBQ and Boulevard Beer
Great Range Capital held its annual Market Ambassador meeting in early fall to bring together the team for a day of working topped off with a little bit of fun. The day kicked off with an update on GRC, including portfolio companies, new business as well...
27 Sep A Little Friendly (Sometimes) Ping-Pong Competition
When we (Great Range Capital) moved into our new office space in 2016, we expected to fill it with desks, chairs, computers, a conference table, some furniture and perhaps a plant or two—all the things a private equity firm needs to conduct business. A ping-pong...
06 Sep Great Range Capital Announces Sale of HeartLand, LLC
Great Range Capital (GRC), a Kansas City-based private equity firm, announced today that Westport, Connecticut-based Sterling Investment Partners has made a majority equity investment in HeartLand, LLC, in partnership with management. HeartLand, LLC, a GRC portfolio company and a Kansas City-based commercial landscape management firm...
09 Aug HeartLand Adds Two Firms and New Markets to Its Portfolio
HeartLand, LLC, a Kansas City-based commercial landscape management firm recently added Hillenmeyer Landscape Services of Lexington, KY and JML Landscape Management of Pittsburgh, PA to its growing portfolio. Other operating companies already under the HeartLand umbrella include Signature Landscape in Kansas City, KS, Columbia Landcare...
21 Mar How Great Range Capital’s Portfolio Companies Recruit and Retain Employees as Talent Pools Evaporate
While economists and policy makers debate over the exact percentage that constitutes full employment in the U.S., most everyone agrees that we are either near or at that level. On February 1, 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the unemployment rate at 4.0 percent...
08 Mar Fairbank Equipment, Inc. Has Done “Whatever It Takes” for More Than 70 Years
Fairbank Equipment, Inc. is a premier parts and equipment supplier to the agriculture and propane industries. Joe Fairbank founded the company in 1946. In 1970, he sold the business to Florene and Bill Wray, his daughter and son-in-law, who transitioned leadership to their son, Cody...
16 Oct GRC Announces Sale of Mountain Valley Spring Water Co.
Cott Corporation acquires The Mountain Valley Spring Water Co. for $78.5 million in cash. Great Range Capital (GRC), a Kansas City-based private equity firm, announces today that DS Services, a Cott Corporation (NYSE:COT; TSX:BCB) subsidiary, acquired The Mountain Valley Spring Water Co., the longest continuously operated...
16 Aug The Most Important Questions About Selling your Business, When Family Matters Most
There isn’t anything easy about selling your family business. Transactional topics like valuation, due diligence, and documentation are certainly challenging. But there are emotional, once-in-a-lifetime questions to be explored. Here are just some of the questions we’ve encountered in our many years of sitting in the...
16 Aug Best Burgers (and more) on the Range
Sourcing new opportunities can be done behind a computer screen. But to truly understand the market and genuinely connect with our network, you’ve got to get out on the road. We get plenty of windshield time in the Heartland and we love it. Especially when...