M&A – Page 10
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NewsDeliveroo CEO Will Shu quashes reports he’s stepping down
“I’m not. You’re hearing it from me,” Deliveroo CEO Will Shu told The Grocer
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NewsFood & drink deal activity bounces back to five-year high in 2024
Dealmakers are confident momentum in the food & drink M&A market is set to ramp up in 2025 after activity in the industry recovered to a five-year high in 2024
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NewsCérélia admits CMA defeat and sells Jus-Rol to private equity
London-based Rinkelberg Capital acquired the Jus-Rol business from the French bakery giant after numerous appeals by the group to overturn the CMA’s order to unwind the deal fell flat
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NewsYeo Valley Production snaps up The Collective yoghurt brand
Yeo Valley said the deal would enable more opportunities for The Collective to ’deliver innovative dairy’ to British fridges
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NewsCake Box agrees buyout of Asian sweet seller Ambala Foods
The deal consists of £16m for Ambala itself and £6m for its manufacturing facility
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NewsCompleat Food Group buys The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company
It is the latest milestone in the company’s ongoing spending spree
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NewsWalgreens Boots Alliance agrees to $10bn private equity takeover
Boots owner Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to a $10bn takeover offer from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, bringing the pharmacy giant’s time as a public company to an end
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NewsWilliam Grant & Sons The Famous Grouse acquisition green-lit by CMA
The deal remains subject to approval in other countries, however
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NewsCity snapshot: Boots owner closing in on $10bn private equity takeover
Walgreens Boots Alliance is reportedly closing in on a deal worth $10bn to be taken private by a US private equity firm. Also, Valentine’s Day was bigger than ever this year, according to NIQ
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InterviewsZuber Issa: it’s back to basics for EG’s Man on the Move
Having ‘changed the forecourt sector for the better’ with EG, and learning from the ‘beast’ that is Asda, Zuber Issa is turning his focus to EG On The Move
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NewsNew Unilever boss Fernando Fernandez set to offload Marmite and other food brands
The surprise departure of Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher this week is likely to speed up a sell-off of non-core brands such as Marmite and put the prospect of transformational M&A back on the table, according to industry experts
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NewsFiddes Payne home baking business acquired by Albex Group
The Fiddes Payne deal will enable the home baking group to grow its production, accelerate NPD and ‘ensure excellent customer standards are maintained’
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NewsEnglish winemaker Gusbourne board backs move to go private
The idea was initiated by majority shareholder and former Conservative politician Lord Ashcroft earlier this month
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NewsCity snapshot: Just Eat set to be acquired and B&M boss Alex Russo to step down
Just Eat Takeaway has agreed to a €4.1bn offer from Dutch investment group Prosus. Plus, B&M CEO Alex Russo to step down as the discounter issues another profits warning
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NewsJust Eat agrees to €4.1bn offer from Prosus
Just Eat Takeaway is set to be acquired by Dutch investment group Prosus for €4.1bn with a view to building a European food delivery champion
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NewsWalgreens Boots shares soar as new life is breathed into possible PE takeover
Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance received a shot in the arm this week as speculation circulated that a potential private equity takeover of the US pharmacy giant was alive and kicking. It means a carve out of the UK high street Boots chain is once again a possibility
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NewsGXO purchase of Wincanton could raise costs for supermarkets, says CMA
GXO agreed to acquire Wincanton in April 2024 but the takeover was subject to checks
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NewsChallenger brand ’one-stop shop’ created in multimillion-pound merger
Media agency MNC said it will create a ‘new paradigm that fuses media, advisory and venture funding’
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NewsBoparan feed mill deal given provisional go-ahead by CMA
Boparan Private Office is seeking to acquire feed mills owned by ForFarmers
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NewsOSI boosts UK presence with buyout of Karnova Food Group
Karnova Food Group was created last year with the merger of Yorkshire Premier Meat and Smithfield Murray