All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 60
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Albert Bartlett ventures into children’s ready meals with Kiddyum investment
Albert Bartlett has acquired a 40% stake in frozen children’s food supplier Kiddyum for an undisclosed amount
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Private equity investment in food and drink remains ‘robust’ amid consolidation trend
Private equity investment in the UK food and drink sector has rebounded as experienced investors look to consolidate in the sector.
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Kitwave Wholesale snaps up Alpine Fine Foods
Hull-headquartered Alpine has a turnover of around £13m
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Capri-Sun owner HP Wild grows stake in Oppo
The owners of Capri-Sun have invested a further £1.5m in low-sugar ice cream brand Oppo as it looks to grow the brand internationally.
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City snapshot: Refresco pushes further into the US with AZPACK acquisition
Bottling giant Refresco has expanded its footprint in North America with the acquisition of AZPACK (Arizona Production & Packaging) as it continues its acquisition spree. Plus, shopping tech firm Eagle Eye continues to grow sales, new non-exec at McBride and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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East End Foods grew sales & profits before Exponent acquisition
Turnover at the specialist Asian food wholesaler rose 7.2% to £205.2m in the year ended 30 April 2019
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Freshways working with rival Medina but denies merger ‘rumours’
Freshways MD Bali Nijjar told The Grocer the two processors were working together on ’some contract packaging’
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Value of food industry M&A deals drops over 60% in September
The UK emerged as the top country in terms of M&A activity in September, with six deals completed in the period
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Ocado’s GSCOP designation under review following structural shake-up
Ocado Group requested the review, arguing that from 5 August 2019 it had no involvement in the grocery retail side of the business
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UK e-retailer deals rise as high street woes increase online focus
The number of M&A deals for UK e-retailers has risen by 50% in the past year as retail groups come under pressure to accelerate online sales growth amid a wider high street slump.
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Analysis & Features
Just 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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CCEP invests in two tech-driven delivery start-ups
Coca-Cola European Partners has made its first investments under a new venture arm after taking stakes in two tech-based start-ups.
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Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks buys Revolution Waves water
Soft drinks maker Clearly Drinks has acquired flavoured water brand Revolution Waves for an undisclosed sum.
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Just Eat rejects new £4.9bn rival takeover bid
Just Eat has announced it has rejected a £4.9bn offer from South African investment firm Prosus, pledging instead to continue with its all-share merger with Dutch contemporary Takeaway.com.
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Tech consultancy Happen acquired by Accenture
Happen has worked with a long line of brands and retailers to help identify market opportunities create of new products
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Analysis & Features
Serious change is on the horizon for Hain Daniels
As Hain Celestial retrenches, UK business is hard to unpick
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SLG Brands acquires three high street beauty brands for £15m
SLG Brands has added three more high street beauty companies to its portfolio, closing deals for a total of £15m.
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Motor Fuel Group acquires forecourt operator Symonds Retail
Symonds Retail generated revenues of £17.9m in the year ended 31 March 2018
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Rebel Kitchen merges with Nurture Brands to create plant-based business
From January 2020, Rebel Kitchen will join Emily Crisps and Ape Snacks under the Nurture Brands portfolio
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Hain Celestial under investor pressure for more sell-offs
There’s still been no confirmation of a Sky News report last week linking US food player Hain Celestial with a sale of its UK arm