All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 90
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NewsBooker retailers undecided on merits of Tesco merger
The majority of Booker retailers don’t know what to think about the deal
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NewsYoung's faces battle with PE to buy Icelandic Seachill
It is understood Young’s is keen on a deal, and has been looking at the business for several months
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NewsSoulmate Food acquired out of administration
Online healthy food delivery company Soulmate Food has been bought out of administration by its management, securing all 43 jobs.
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NewsIcelandic Group confirms plan to sell Seachill business
Saucy Fish Co owner is in “great shape”, says CEO Simon Smith
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Analysis & FeaturesPost's purchase of Weetabix shows faith in post-Brexit Britain
Weetabix is still a fundamentally British company not an international company based in Britain
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NewsPost backs British growth potential for Weetabix stable
US cereal group Post Holdings has placed a £1.4bn bet on the post-Brexit opportunities for Weetabix
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NewsLDC confirms secondary buyout at Addo Food Group
Details of the transaction have not been disclosed, but the deal – revealed exclusively by The Grocer last week – is understood to value Addo at upwards of £100m.
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NewsRivington Biscuit brands marketed for sale
Brands manufactured by failed biscuit supplier Rivington Biscuits are being marketed for sale by an IP consulting firm.
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NewsHundreds of redundancies at Pulse Packaging despite production restarting
More than 150 staff have lost their jobs at consumer goods packaging maker Pulse Flexible Packaging despite administrators recommencing manufacturing at the firm’s two sites.
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NewsPost Holdings seals £1.4bn Weetabix deal
US cereal group Post Holdings has announced it has secured a £1.4bn buyout of Weetabix from its former Chinese owners.
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NewsPost Holdings announces £1.4bn Weetabix deal
Weetabix has been bought by US listed cereal manufacturer Post Holdings – as forecast by The Grocer - for US$1.76bn (£1.4bn)
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NewsLDC shows appetite for food deals with MBO at Hill Biscuits
Private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of custard creams and bourbons maker Hill Biscuits, in a deal valued at £10m to £15m, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsWhitworths sale will mean private equity investor takes a bath
With Whitworths up for sale, its private equity owner is set to take a bath on its investment
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NewsCity snapshot: LDC poised for £100m Addo deal
Private equity house LDC is closing in on a takeover of Vision-owned pork pie supplier Addo Food Group worth over £100m. Plus, Saucy Fish Co owner Icelandic Seachill prepares for sale, PZ Cussons on target to hit full-year targets and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsLDC closes in on £100m-plus deal for pork supplier Addo
Private equity house LDC is closing in on a takeover of pork pie supplier Addo Food Group to add another food business to its portfolio
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NewsBrewDog crowded out as private equity snaps up 22% stake
BrewDog – which swore it would never ‘sell out’ to institutional investors – has sold a 22% stake to a US PE house
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Analysis & FeaturesUnilever's new strategic plan: the main nuts and bolt-ons
The Grocer picks out six essential indicators of the way ahead
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NewsIcelandic Seachill to be put up for sale 'within weeks'
Seachill is currently the last remaining food business within the Icelandic Group
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NewsBonds owner Innovative Bites swoops for Hancocks in £100m deal
American food wholesaler Innovative Bites has swooped to add Hancocks Cash & Carry to its growing confectionery empire in a deal worth about £100m, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsOscar Mayer acquired by German PE house
UK ready meals supplier Oscar Mayer has been bought by German private equity player Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) as it seeks to build a new European food group.