34 acquisitions in March

Was it a quieter month in March ? There were fewer big names, but there were still some substantial deals, including two over $1,000 million.

• Cargill, ConAgra and CHS joined forces to form Ardent Mills with $4,300 million sales.
• Rhone Capital paid $1,050 million for CSM’s bakery supplies business.

Out of the 34 March transactions recorded on the bevblog.net database, 9 were in alcohol, 7 in soft drinks, 6 in ingredients, 2 in dairy and 2 in meat.

Most took place within national borders – 12 in the United States and 4 in the United Kingdom.

Among the international transfers, France made 4 sales, the Netherlands 3 and the United States 2.