All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 88
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NewsMeridian eyes PE cash to fuel nut butter sales
Spreads business Meridian has hired corporate advisors to explore sale options
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NewsMetcalfe's Skinny owner Kettle Foods acquires Cornpoppers popcorn brand
Snack producer Kettle Foods has expanded its popcorn footprint with the acquisition of Cornpoppers for an undisclosed price.
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NewsKK Fine Foods to invest in jobs and growth after acquisition by Belgian ready meal firm
Fast growing chilled and frozen ready meal supplier KK Fine Foods expects to double turnover and create 200 jobs after the sale of a 90% majority stake to a Belgian firm.
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NewsSHS Group completes acquisition of Standard Brands
The deal sees Zip firelighters join the SHS portfolio SHS Group has confirmed its acquisition of ignition supplier Standard Brands. The purchase, for an undisclosed amount, adds the Zip and Sunny Jim firelighter brands to the SHS portfolio, which includes owned brands Maguire & Paterson matches, WKD, ...
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Analysis & FeaturesAspall Cyder and Molson Coors: a sign of cider's promise?
What do rumours of a high-profile buyout say about the brands and the increasingly consolidated cider market?…
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NewsInnis & Gunn shareholders approve £15m minority sale to PE firm
Shareholders at Innis & Gunn have waved through the £15m sale of a significant stake in the Scottish craft brewery to private equity house L Catterton.
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NewsBrookfield and Carlyle in frame to buy P&H
According to Sky News the two firms are among a number of parties who have tabled offers for P&H
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NewsMoy Park sold to Pilgrim's in speedy related-party deal
Under-fire JBS shocked the industry – and Moy Park management – in June when it revealed it was off-loading the business
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NewsWhey Box secures £250k growth funds to tap protein boom
The business started trading a year ago to tap booming demand in the sports nutrition market
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NewsArmitage Pet Care snapped up by Rutland Partners
Premium pet food and accessories group Armitage Pet Care has been taken over by private equity firm Rutland Partners for an undisclosed price.
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NewsMotor Fuel Group snaps up Manor Service Stations
The deal for an undisclosed fee will complete on 3 October
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NewsMoy Park sold to US chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride in $1bn deal
Moy Park has been sold by its scandal-hit Brazilian owner JBS to Pilgrim’s Pride, the second biggest poultry producer in the US
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NewsTulip expands UK base with acquisition of Easey Holdings
Danish Crown-owned Tulip completed the acquisition on 8 September, subject to CMA approval
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NewsCity snapshot: ABF buys Italian balsamic vinegar producer Acetum
Associated British Foods has acquired Acetum, an Italian producer of balsamic vinegar of Modena, as it upgrades its full-year earnings forecast due to the weak pound.
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NewsNestlé hopes to tap vegan boom with Sweet Earth acquisition
Nestlé is the latest global fmcg giant to snap up a plant-based food business as it hope to re-energise flagging sales by tapping booming consumer demand for vegetarian and vegan products.
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NewsNisa members would prefer Sainsbury's deal to Co-op
Nisa members would prefer a sale to Sainsbury’s than the Co-op, an exclusive new poll for The Grocer has found
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NewsUnilever snaps up fast-growing tea brand Pukka Herbs
The deal for an undisclosed sum ’came down to scale and sustainability’ said Pukka
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NewsRefresco shareholders approve £1bn takeover of Cott's bottling operations
Refresco shareholders have given the Dutch soft drinks bottler and contract packer the green light for its $1.3bn (£1bn) takeover of the bottling operations of Canadian drinks manufacturer Cott.
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News150 jobs saved as Waitrose cake maker More Food acquired in pre-pack deal
A rescue deal at Waitrose and Budgens cake supplier More Food has saved 150 jobs after rising commodity prices following the Brexit vote and substantial costs related to a move to new facilities squeezed the business.
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NewsInnis & Gunn seeks green light to sell £15m stake to US private equity firm
Innis & Gunn has followed in the footsteps of fellow Scottish craft brewer BrewDog and attracted the interest of a US private equity firm