M&A analysis – Page 8
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Analysis and FeaturesUK food and drink M&A numbers drop as supply lags demand
Now we’re back from the summer malaise, the food and drink M&A market is spluttering into life once more.
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Analysis and FeaturesChiquita's bid rejection just the first round of a long takeover fight
Chiquita’s decision to reject a $611m takeover will have been met with a huge sigh of relief from Fyffes boardroom and shareholders alike.
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Analysis and FeaturesFyffes could suffer collateral damage from US battle over “corporate deserters”
US political pressure over Chiquita’s plans to shift its tax HQ to Ireland could help see rival bid succeed.
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Analysis and FeaturesChocolatier Charbonnel et Walker snaps up rival House of Dorchester
Premium chocolatier House of Dorchester has been acquired by fellow up-market confectioner Charbonnel et Walker, The Grocer understands.
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Analysis and FeaturesDeal volumes and valuations back on the up
The economic recovery has yet to translate into higher grocery sales – quite the opposite in fact – but it is having a positive impact on the M&A market.
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Analysis and FeaturesImperial Tobacco's US growth is a bold risk
Few doubt that Imperial Tobacco’s US expansion is transformational - whether it’s wholly desirable is more contentious.
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Analysis and FeaturesSainsbury's and Netto: If you can't beat them, join them
The major grocery retailers have been scratching their heads for some time over what to do about the rise of the discounters. Sainsbury’s now thinks it has got the answer.
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Analysis and FeaturesPremier Foods looks to power ahead
Premier Foods’ mammoth restructuring effort looks to be nearing the end after it spun off another non-core business.
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Analysis and FeaturesActivist investors: good guys or bad guys?
In the 1980s activist investors were seen as corporate raiders. Today they’re the rock stars of finance…
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Analysis and FeaturesAs Anglia merges with Midlands has the co-op power shifted?
First Penrith and Scotmid, now Midlands and Anglia: whether defensive or opportunistic, more mergers are surely on the car…