Finnish food group Raisio, owner of the Poppets and Fox’s Glacier Mints brands, has sold its confectionery business to Ireland-based Valeo Foods in a deal worth €100M (£88.6M).
Unilever chief executive Paul Polman’s call for the next UK government to review the UK’s ‘overly liberal takeover rules’ in the wake of the failed £115bn bid for his company from Kraft Heinz, has found some support among food and drink finance experts.
Uren Food Group has undergone a management buyout (MBO), ending more than a century of family ownership for the natural ingredients firm, which is based at Neston, Wirral.
Speculation has emerged over the past month that chilled own-label food manufacturer Bakkavör could be the subject of a takeover bid following its troubled recent history
A leading M&A lawyer has described Kraft’s plan to divide its global operations as a “hugely significant” move that could lead other multinational food businesses to demerge operations.
The upturn in food and drink mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity predicted by many corporate finance experts in 2010 has “not really materialised”, according to legal firm Rollits.
Anglo Dutch Meats (ADM) has been plunged into administration with the loss of 90 jobs at its meat processing plant in Eastbourne.The company was hit...
