It owns Pabst Blue Ribbon, and in the past controlled Chef Boyardee, Bumble Bee and PAM cooking spray.

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In fact, the decision to exit last year was not driven by any concern that Bumble Bee would slow down.

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In 2004, Centre partially exited its stake when Bumble Bee combined with Connor Bros. income trust through a reverse merger that saw the formers management take over the latter.

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The Bumble Bee investment is reflective of the broader style at Centre, which Pollack and Jaffe say focuses on middle-market opportunities where the firm can leverage its strengths to help business owners and management teams that may not want to run an auction process with 50 bidders getting involved.

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