M&A analysis – Page 3
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy is Noble selling Gü and who is lining up to buy it?
A bidding process for the pudding brand is expected to top £100m
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will PAI do with Addo and Winterbotham Darby?
The PE firm aims to create the UK’s best value-added chilled food company
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does the Fultons deal mean for Poundland?
Acquiring the frozen food specialist is a step towards becoming a credible weekly grocery shop destination, says MD Barry Williams
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy does EG Group want to buy Asda and what will it do with it?
The deal with TDR Capital and the Issa brothers would put raw entrepreneurship and ambition in the driving seat at Asda
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Thorntons losses mount, can Ferrero turn the heritage chocolatier around?
What has Ferrero been up to? And how does Covid affect its plans?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will CMA’s ‘failing firm’ ruling on Amazon-Deliveroo investment impact future deals?
The CMA has made a u-turn in its assessment of Amazon’s major investment in Deliveroo. How will its ruling impact future deals?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does the future hold for Rockstar Energy under PepsiCo?
PepsiCo has snapped up the energy drink brand for a huge £3.19bn
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will suitors to Asda shake up its vast estate?
One way or another property is going to be a big part of the Asda play for potential investors, say experts. How?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow a flurry of petfood challenger brand buyouts could consolidate UK market in the 2020s
Small brands have capitalised on a radical shift – and the 2020s may see them going global
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco Thailand: analysts react to rumours of ‘jewel in the crown’ sale
City analysts have estimated the sale price at between £6bn and £9bn
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Analysis & FeaturesJust Eat investors demand larger helping as bidding war escalates
A juicy takeover war was kicked into gear this week as global suitors battle to grab a slice of the booming UK online takeaway delivery sector.
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Analysis & FeaturesSerious change is on the horizon for Hain Daniels
As Hain Celestial retrenches, UK business is hard to unpick
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does Tulip’s takeover mean for the UK pig sector?
Pilgrim’s Pride’s acquisition of Tulip is a ‘vote of confidence’ in the market
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Grenade exploded into confectionery mainstream
Protein bar maker Grenade has rocketed from sports nutrition brand to mainstream giant – and is now heading for its third sale
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Analysis & FeaturesProperty not pints at the centre of Greene King takeover
Former PM David Cameron famously treated Chinese president Xi Jinping to a pint of Greene King IPA on a state visit back in 2015, but it isn’t a taste for the brewer’s signature beer that has persuaded Hong Kong’s richest man to shell out £2.7bn to buy up the pub group.
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the future be bright for Majestic after Fortress deal?
The sale of Majestic’s retail estate to the US equity firm is a complicated one. So what lies ahead for Majestic and Naked
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's/Asda merger blocked: analyst reactions
Here’s what the experts have to say about the collapse of the proposed Sainsbury’s/Asda merger
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does Dairy Crest's sale mean for the future of UK dairy?
With Dairy Crest moving to Canadian hands, is this the ‘death of big British dairy’?
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's-Asda CMA findings: analysts react
Here is what experts say about the CMA’s Phase 2 provisional findings
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Analysis & FeaturesBombshell mergers, sensational shortages and environmental triumphs: 2018 in review
There were mergers so seismic in scale they could change grocery for good, and new arrivals that went out with a whimper