A sampling of outlooks from Pittsburgh dealmakers across the M&A spectrum, offering their perspectives on what happened and what’s to come in a year still colored by COVID-19.

How City Barbeque plans on reaching its private-equity-backed goal of more than 100 restaurants and a national footprint.

Recognizing its market was shifting, Miceli Dairy Products Co.'s listen-and-learn approach has led to big changes.

J.D. Ewing has grown COE Distributing’s revenue nearly 500 times. But the company's continued success, he says, is because of his employees.