All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 25
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NewsHome Dough Pizza launches investment drive amid ad agency partnership
Home Dough Pizza, a ‘restaurant quality’ pizza startup with listings across London, has kicked off a drive for new investment to take the brand national
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Analysis & FeaturesCan St Tropez and Nigeria exits fix PZ Cussons’ woes?
Long-suffering shareholders have backed the new action plan
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NewsRare & Pasture and Tempus Foods merge to power up charcuterie brands
Charcuterie brands Rare & Pasture and Tempus Foods have agreed a merger in a bid to expand production and sales of their ethically sourced meat products
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NewsGeneral Mills acquires premium petfood brand Edgard & Cooper
General Mills has swooped for premium petfood challenger brand Edgard & Cooper as the US consumer packaged goods giant continues to reshape its portfolio
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NewsCo-op has weeks to engage in settlement talks over £450m legal claim to avoid trial
The claim centres around the £500m sale of nearly 500 former Somerfield stores in 2015
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NewsPZ Cussons flogging St Tropez in bid to simplify the group
PZ Cussons is selling self-tanning brand St Tropez after admitting the group is “too complex for its size”
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NewsHogs Back owner buys London’s Mondo Brewing Co in pre-pack deal
Financial terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed
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NewsJacksons of Yorkshire acquires craft bakery Lottie Shaw’s
William Jackson Food Group has acquired Yorkshire-based craft bakery Lottie Shaw’s to add to its Jacksons of Yorkshire bakery arm
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NewsArla Food Ingredients swoops for Volac’s whey nutrition business
Arla Food Ingredients has agreed a deal with dairy business Volac to take over its whey nutrition division and turn the Welsh factory into a global production hub
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NewsSamworth Brothers expands food-to-go operation with Real Wrap Co deal
Samworth Brothers has taken full ownership of food-to-go supplier The Real Wrap Company following the purchase of a minority stake in the business last year
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NewsRelations with suppliers at ‘all-time high’ says Asda owner Mohsin Issa
Issa said the support of suppliers was vital for the next phase of investment in prices and loyalty
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Fortress unlock the potential within Poundstretcher?
After a ‘choppy’ few years of restructuring, store closures, and multiple CEOs, can Majestic Wine owner Fortress steady the Poundstretcher ship?
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NewsDS Smith agrees £5.8bn US takeover from International Paper
DS Smith has agreed terms on a £5.8bn all-share takeover from US rival International Paper, which has seemingly won the bidding war with British rival Mondi
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NewsCity snapshot: Glanbia acquires ingredients firm Flavor Producers in $355m deal
Irish nutrition group Glanbia has acquired US ingredients business Flavor Producers in a deal worth up to $355m (£284.7m). Plus, tonic maker East Imperial suspends shares ahead of collapse
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NewsPoundstretcher sold to Fortress Investment Group
It follows the retirement of outgoing Poundstretcher owner Aziz Tayub and will see Andy Atkinson, former group commercial director at Morrisons, join Poundstretcher as CEO
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NewsMcCain completes Strong Roots acquisition, targeting global growth
McCain acquired a minority stake in the Dublin-based business in 2021
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NewsBako expands into Northern Ireland with acquisition of Finlay’s Food
Founded in 1976 and based in Craigavon, Finlay’s manufactures and supplies ingredients to the bakery and general food industry
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NewsArtemis Tenacious Group created to drive investment in legal cannabis
Global cannabis industry investment firm Artemis Growth Partners and cannabis consumer products group Tenacious Labs have created a partnership to drive investment in global cannabis market
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InterviewsVegan Food Group’s founders on building ‘the vegan Unilever’
VFG has come a long way since serving up vegan fried chicken from a York restaurant. It’s now on the acquisition trail and fighting the UPF narrative
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NewsMajestic completes acquisition of Vagabond Wines
The deal would protect the jobs of 171 employees at Vagabond, Majestic said.





