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Restaurants are scrambling to meet new demands from diners who want cuisine they believe is healthy, responsibly-sourced, budget-friendly and fast. Dealmakers like Larsen MacColl's Jeff Larsen are setting the table.

Restaurants are scrambling to meet new demands from diners who want cuisine they believe is healthy, responsibly-sourced, budget-friendly and often ethnic or regional. All the new requirements are spawning a wide array of restaurant types and a lot of acquisitions along the way.

Companies that have figured out how to get meals delivered quickly to consumers are in high demand, with Nestlé USA’s stake in Freshly among the recent deals.

Private equity fundraising hit an all-time high, and the number of deals completed in the first half of 2017 was up 12 percent over the previous year.

Vantiv's transaction enables it to offer payments technology in more channels, more markets, and entice grocers with services to counter Amazon.

Amazon buys WholeFoods; Glencoe Capital acquires Rothschild Farm; MidOcean backs Affinity Dental

Competition for food delivery assets intensifies; GrubHub and Instacart could be targets.

Whole Foods has come under pressure from activist Jana Partners to sell.