All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 56
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News
Exponent in talks to buy Asian foods wholesaler TRS Group
The Grocer understands the PE firm is in exclusive talks to buy the business
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Analysis and Features
M&S and Ocado forge a transformational deal - at what cost?
With M&S paying £750m for the privilege, will this be the push it needs to become a ‘digital-first’ retailer?
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Analysis and Features
What does Dairy Crest's sale mean for the future of UK dairy?
With Dairy Crest moving to Canadian hands, is this the ‘death of big British dairy’?
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News
Halewood Wines & Spirits abandons plan to sell business
After posting stellar results for the latest financial year, owner Judy Halewood has decided the business is best kept in the family.
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News
City snapshot: TRS Group in talks with PE firm Exponent over sale
Private equity investor Exponent is understood to be closing on a deal to buy Asian foods wholesale specialist TRS Group
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News
Valeo Foods to merge Tangerine and Big Bear
The proposed changes include closure of Big Bear’s historic Leicester manufacturing site by the end of 2019
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News
Pets Choice expands with acquisition of Rufus Foods
UK pet food manufacturer Pets Choice has expanded with the acquisition of competitor Rufus Foods
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News
City snapshot: Ocado and M&S agree £1.5bn joint venture
Ocado and Marks & Spencer have agreed to create a 50/50 joint venture that will “transform online grocery shopping in the UK”.
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Ocado confirms it's in talks with M&S over UK joint venture
A deal between the two retailers could be announced as soon as tomorrow
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Food and drink deals slow down following strong 2018
Worries over the UK leaving the EU have dampened domestic deal volumes this year
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News
Tesco would benefit from Sainsda competition loss, says CMA
The watchdog has published the findings of a 20,000-shopper exit poll carried out by Kantar Public
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News
Dairy Crest to remain 'passionately British' despite sale, CEO Mark Allen insists
The Cathedral City owner is to be sold to Canadian dairy giant Saputo, in a £975m cash deal
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City snapshot: Dairy Crest agrees £975m sale to Canada's Saputo
Dairy Crest owns Cathedral City as well as the Clover and Country Life butter and spread brands
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News
Suppliers celebrate CMA's Sainsbury's-Asda findings
There was widespread celebration over this week’s verdict, despite the competition watchdog dismissing concerns raised over the impact on suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
The Asda-Sainsbury’s merger is surely doomed
It will be interesting to see if the parties decide to see the merger battle through to the inevitably bitter end
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Comment and Opinion
Epic CMA report leaves little hope for Sainsbury's-Asda
Andrew Taylor, a former senior director at the Competition Commission and partner at Aldwych Partners, dissects today’s CMA announcement
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News
Sainsbury's shares plunge in the wake of CMA Asda deal objections
Sainsbury’s shares have tanked to a lower level than they were trading at before last year’s announcement of the blockbuster merger with Asda due to City fears the Competition & Markets Authority has today killed the deal.
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Analysis and Features
Sainsbury's-Asda CMA findings: analysts react
Here is what experts say about the CMA’s Phase 2 provisional findings