All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 101
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NewsWaterfall Catering Group sale to Elior provides tasty exit for LDC
The deal provides LDC, which backed a £20m secondary buyout in December 2014, an exit, generating a 2.6x return on its investment.
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NewsUnilever accelerates e-commerce strategy with Dollar Shave Club deal
Dollar Shave Club offers male grooming products on subscription in the US
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NewsNFT Distribution snaps up chilled food logistics firm NR Evans
The acquisition of the temperature controlled distribution business NR Evans will strengthen NFT’s offering in the chilled, ambient and dairy fmcg supply chain.
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NewsMy Local administrators confident of more store sales to come
Administrators at My Local have sold 26 of the failed retailer’s convenience stores since being appointed, with hopes to offload another 16 in the coming days and weeks.
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Steinhoff really take the pound out of Poundland?
Scrapping the £1 price point would lose Poundland its USP - so why might Steinhoff be tempted?
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NewsFerrero in talks with Pladis to buy Delacre
Ferrero is in discussions with Pladis over the acquisition of its Belgian luxury biscuits business Delacre
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NewsMcColl's set to buy 298 stores from the Co-op
McColl’s Retail Group has agreed to buy 298 stores from the Co-op in a “transformational” £117m deal
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NewsCo-op sells 298 smaller stores to McColl's for £117m
The deal is now subject to approval from the CMA and McColl’s shareholders
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NewsSteinhoff's Poundland deal could mean "more rapid" move to multi-price
Poundland’s near-£600m sale to South Africa’s Steinhoff Group could hasten its shift to becoming a multi-price format retailer, industry analysts predict.
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NewsRaisio sells Halo Foods for a loss to 'hands-on' investor
Raisio Group has sold its UK snack bar business Halo Foods to Dutch investor Nimbus, taking a €19m (£15.9m) hit on the disposal.
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NewsPoundland agrees £597m sale to Steinhoff
The board of Poundland has agreed to a 222p per share sale to South African retail group
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NewsSpar retailer Eat 17 snaps up My Local site
The new store in Whitstable will open on Wednesday 20 July – just three weeks after My Local went into administration
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Analysis & FeaturesOC&C Global 50: The 3G Capital/Berkshire Hathaway model
The relentless focus on the bottom line of 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway-owned fmcg giants is become increasingly influential in an industry struggling for volume growth.
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Analysis & FeaturesOC&C Global 50: The year of the mega-deal
2015 was the year the trigger was finally pulled on the global mega-deal.
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NewsWessanen snaps up Mrs Crimble’s gluten-free brand
The organic food company behind the Clipper Tea, Kallo and Whole Earth brands has snapped up gluten-free cake maker Mrs Crimble’s.
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Comment & OpinionRelying on global superbrand power is no longer an option
One statistic in this year’s Grocer/OC&C Global 50 report strikes at the heart of the problems facing the consumer giants
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NewsThe OC&C Global 50 rely on M&A activity to drive sales growth
The globe’s fmcg players are increasingly finding organic growth hard to come by
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NewsButterkist owners selling up to cash in on popcorn boom
The private-equity owner of Butterkist is lining up a sale of the brand to capitalise on booming demand for popcorn…
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NewsDanone snaps up WhiteWave in $12.5bn deal for healthy future
Danone has agreed to buy US food group WhiteWave Foods for US$12.5bn in cash deal worth $56.25 a share.
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NewsAnalysts call for Unilever 'Sprexit'
SocGen says business should sell up and exit struggling BSM category