All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 69
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MFG rejects 'serious' allegations by former MRH operators
MFG did ‘accept there have been genuine challenges that are part of bringing together two very large businesses’
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Patisserie Valerie rescue talks planned for next week
Administrators for Patisserie Valerie and the chain’s management team are expected to meet potential bidders next week in a bid to strike a rescue deal for the collapsed cake retailer.
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Comment & Opinion
'Business as usual' as buyer sought for Patisserie Valerie
An “avalanche of names” have expressed an interest in collapsed cake specialist Patisserie Valerie
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Analysis & Features
What does Asahi's Fuller's deal tell us about British brewing?
Why is one of the UK’s oldest brewers so keen to exit the beer business?
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Fuller's sells beer business to Asahi in £250m deal
Fuller’s will continue to operate as a pub company, with its chief executive Simon Emeny calling its pubs “the core of Fuller’s and the driver of our future growth”
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City snapshot: Asahi buys Fuller’s beer business for £250m
Japanese drinks giant Asahi has acquired British brewer Fuller’s entire beer business, Irn-Bru maker AG Barr predicts a rise in profits despite “uncertainty” and the rest of the City news
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Just Eat acquires software platform Flyt in £22m deal
The listed food delivery operator has purchased the startup which offers software for restaurants and their suppliers
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Sainsbury's-Asda faced 'unfair' CMA timeframe, judges rule
The CMA is expected to announce its provisional findings later this month or in early February
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Skinny Coffee Club acquires fellow ‘detox’ brand Bootea
Two controversial weight loss brands have merged, with Skinny Coffee Club acquiring Bootea.
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SimplyCook sells minority stake to Octopus in £4.5m deal
The direct-to-consumer recipe kit business secured the funding to expand online and in retail
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Comment & Opinion
Is the CMA easing up on food and drink mergers?
There have been more reviews, but not more regulatory interventions, says Andrew Taylor, partner at Aldwych Partners
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Analysis & Features
Bombshell 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
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Art & Terroir acquires Glenturret whisky brand from Edrington
The deal, for an undisclosed sum, marks Art & Terroir’s first move into the world of Scotch whisky.
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Crafty Brewing Co acquires Little Beer Corporation
All Little Beer Corporation staff have retained their jobs with the deal
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City Snapshot: GlaxoSmithKline agrees £10bn consumer health venture with Pfizer
GlaxoSmithKline has announced plans to merge its consumer health unit with that of rival drugs giant Pfizer, supermarket chains have surged in early trading, and the rest of the news from the city
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Sainsbury’s and Asda win court hearing against the CMA
Sainsbury’s and Asda won a competition appeal tribunal against the Competition & Markets Authority to be granted extra time to respond to the merger enquiry.
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FDF report: 90% of suppliers concerned over Sainsda merger
The FDF’s formal submission to the CMA’s probe into the deal claims it would have ‘disastrous impact’ on innovation
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City News: Sainsbury’s shares sink following CMA legal challenge
Sainsbury’s this week reassured shareholders its legal challenge to the Competition & Markets Authority had not dented its “confidence” its mega-merger with Asda will go ahead, but nervous shareholders had other ideas.
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City snapshot: Graze sales slide as buyout nears
Sales dived 5.2% at healthy snacking brand Graze last year as the search for a buyer continues into the New Year. Plus, British American Tobacco makes a raft of staffing changes, Dole Food Company sells European salad businesses to BAMA International and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Sainsbury’s and Asda request judicial review to extend CMA process
Sainsbury’s and Asda will today lodge an application for a judicial review of the Competition & Marketes Authority investigation into their proposed merger.