All Mergers and acquisitions articles
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PodcastThe Gut Stuff founder on Love Island life to Hero Group acquisition
Alana Macfarlane Kempner, co-founder of The Gut Stuff, discusses her journey from Love Island DJ to gut health entrepreneur following her business’s acquisition by Swiss food giant Hero Group, owner of Organix and Deliciously Ella
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NewsSecond Nature Brands adds protein to the mix with Tillamook acquisition
CapVest-controlled snacking group Second Nature Brands has acquired Tillamook Country Smoker from Insignia Capital Group and family shareholders for an undisclosed sum
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NewsDalziel snapped up by US private equity firm Peak Rock
Completed in late May, the deal saw Peak Rock take a more than 75% stake in Dalziel
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NewsC&C Group blames stock shortages for Innis & Gunn sales collapse
Sources told The Grocer that Innis & Gunn had all but disappeared in retail settings in Scotland
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NewsJD.com’s Joybuy to open up to third-party sellers in marketplace model move
The full-category e-commerce site and app owned by China’s biggest retailer by revenue, JD.com, is planning to sell products it doesn’t own as stock, from both European and Chinese brands
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NewsNew Black Sheep Brewery owner ‘not that far away’ from break-even
The future of the Great British Drinks Company would revolve around a sustainable core focused around a smaller set of brands, its directors said
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NewsTate & Lyle recommends £2.7bn Ingredion takeover offer to shareholders
This morning, London-listed Tate & Lyle revealed its board intended to recommend a cash offer of 595p per share to its shareholders
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NewsBrown-Forman tops sales estimates but warns of ‘challenging cost cycle’ ahead
The results were Brown-Forman’s first since it failed to agree to a mega-merger with Pernod Ricard
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NewsNestlé acquires meal replacement brand Yfood
Nestlé has taken full control of meal replacement brand Yfood in the first acquisition for new CEO Philipp Navratil
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the Asda-Ocado tie-up and will it work?
Asda is to adopt Ocado’s Smart Platform technology. What does the deal entail and will the new partnership work?
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NewsCMA opens consultation on Co-op Group and Southern Co-op deal
The merger between Southern Co-op and the Co-operative Group was confirmed on 21 May
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NewsBestway acquires Dee Bee Wholesale as part of strategic growth plan
Dee Bee Wholesale has been operating for more than 65 years with reported annual sales of approximately £57m in its last financial year
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NewsBooths unveils major rebrand as it targets growth beyond stores
The Northern supermarket is pushing it’s family credentials in a major push to expand the distribution of its own-label products
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NewsEasyGroup makes marketplace play with OnBuy
Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s sector-spanning brand is ‘entering mainstream online retail’
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NewsBrewDog sales collapse following offload to Tilray Brands
The declines demonstrate the scale of the challenge facing its new owner
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NewsLactalis acquires Protein Works to bulk sports nutrition portfolio
The deal will lead to ‘powerful synergies’ for both companies, combining Lactalis’ scale, brand-building expertise, supply chain and grocery distribution with Protein Works’ specialism in functional nutrition and DTC
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NewsYum Brands in talks to sell Pizza Hut to private equity firm
It comes after Yum Brands initiated a formal review of strategic options for the Pizza Hut brand late last year
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NewsApplied Nutrition strikes $16m deal for US sports nutrition manufacturer
It gives the London-listed group the same vertically integrated model it currently has in the UK, with a fully fitted-out manufacturing and warehousing facility in New York state and its own R&D and design teams.
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Comment & OpinionWhy would Morrisons be in supplier talks with Sainsbury’s?
Morrisons has reportedly entered talks with representatives from rival supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s, to sell more goods from its Myton manufacturing arm
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s exits ByRuby to focus on the core
Milly Bagot, who founded ByRuby with Leiths-trained chef Ruby Bell in 2017, bought the brand back this month for an undisclosed sum