United Biscuits bought by US private equity companies Blackstone Group and PAI for £1.6bn in 2006
HP Sauce bought from French company Danone in 1998 by US-based Heinz for £470m in 2005
Weetabix bought by US private equity firm Lion Capital for £642m in 2004.
Typhoo Tea bought by India's Apeejay Surrendra Group for £80m in 2005
New Covent Garden Bought by Singapore Food Industries for an undisclosed sum in 2002
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