All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 102
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News
Asda buys bacon and cooked meat suppliers
Suppliers Forza and Kober have been added to the portfolio of Asda’s sourcing arm IPL
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Analysis and Features
'Put up or shut up' looms as JS looks to fight Amazon battle
What’s behind Sainsbury’s audacious £1.1bn approach for Argos owner Home Retail Group and how has the media reacted?
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Comment and Opinion
The Home Retail Group logic for Sainsbury's Mike Coupe
Mike Coupe must have been less than thrilled to see his opportunistic November bid for Home Retail Group out in the open
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Sainsbury's bid for Home Retail Group baffles analysts
Sainsbury’s shock move for Argos and Homebase owner Home Retail Group left analysts scratching their heads
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Real Yorkshire Pudding Co snapped up by Glisten founders
The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company has been snapped up by a new business formed by the founders of Glisten
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Glendale Foods taken over by its management team
Food manufacturer Glendale Foods has been taken over by its management team in a partial shareholder buyout
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Sainsbury's bid for Home Retail: what the analysts say
Here’s what industry experts are saying about Sainsbury’s rejected bid for the Argos owner
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S&A Foods owed suppliers £15m after collapse
Unsecured creditors of S&A Foods, including big name food suppliers, look set to be out of pocket by up to £15m as a result of the collapse of the ethnic ready meals business last year.
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Sainsbury’s confirms approach for Argos owner Home Retail Group
Sainsbury’s has announced today that it made an approach to Homebase and Argos owner Home Retail Group in November that was rejected.
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Hain Celestial UK gets healthy with Orchard House Foods deal
Hain Celestial has acquired Orchard House Foods from Wellness Foods as it seeks to make its portfolio healthier.
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Produce Investments buys daffodil grower Andrew Farming
The deal includes the acquisition of more than 40 new commercial daffodil bulb varieties and 90 smaller seedling varieties
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Heineken picks up Red Stripe with Desnoes & Geddes deal
The acquisition of Red Stripe maker Desnoes & Geddes also includes Dragon Stout
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Analysis and Features
Bear shows the value of good assets in a sellers' market
Christmas came early for Bear founders Hayley and Andrew Gait-Golding and their partner Giles Brook as the trio sold the business to Lotus for more than £70m.
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News
AB InBev purchases Camden Town Brewery
Move comes less than three weeks after AB InBev announced that rival London craft brewery Meantime would be put up for sale
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Thai Union reels in Rügen Fisch to strengthen European position
John West owner Thai Union has netted a majority stake in German canned seafood processor Rügen Fisch to strengthen its European position.
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Dunbia sale 'could result in break-up' of NI meat processor
The auction for Dunbia could see the Northern Irish meat processor broken up…
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Bear snapped up in £70m deal as Lotus eyes global rollout
Urban Fresh Foods, the owner of fast-growth kids snacking brand Bear, has been acquired by Lotus Bakeries in a deal worth more than £70m, The Grocer can reveal.
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Pro Plus snapped up by Lanes Health
Lanes Health has acquired caffeine tablet brand Pro Plus from German multinational Bayer for an undisclosed sum.
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Ornua sells major stake in DPI Specialty Foods to PE firm
The Irish dairy giant retains a minority share in DPI
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Two thirds of global food sector seeking acquisitions next year
67% of global food respondents expect to pursue acquisitions over the next 12 months