35 MORE ACQUISITIONS IN MAY/JUNE
The US featured in 13, UK 8, China 5 and Denmark 3. Most were across borders. Almost every major economy was affected, but not Russia this time.
3 were Anheuser-Busch InBev divestments and 3 more were disposals by Dairy Farmers of Britain.
Apr 09 |
Sugar |
Associated British Foods from UK completes purchase of Azucarera Ebro in Spain |
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May 09 |
Beer |
Asahi from Japan completes purchase of 19.9% stake in Tsingtao of China from Anheuser-Busch InBev |
$667 m |
Foodservice |
Canada’s MTY Food Group completes purchase of Country Style Food Services |
C$16 m |
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Beer |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts from US buys Oriental Brewery of Korea from Anheuser-Busch InBev |
$1.8 bn |
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Beer |
China’s Chen Fashu buys 7% stake in Tsingtao from Anheuser-Busch InBev |
$235 m |
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Bottled water |
Romanian businessman loan Balan buys Bere Mures mineral water division from Heineken Romania |
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Dairy |
Lala from Mexico buys National Dairy in US from Dairy Farmers of America |
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Beer |
SABMiller from UK to buy remaining 28% of Kompania Piwowarska in Poland |
$1.1 bn |
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Beer |
Asia Pacific Breweries joint venture between Heineken and Fraser & Neave buys remaining 33% of APB Pearl in India from Jaipuria |
$4 m |
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Dairy |
Parmalat from Italy to buy some National Foods dairy assets in Australia from Kirin of Japan |
A$70 m |
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| Soft drinks |
UK Aimia Foods buys Spring Cool Soft Drinks from Novbev |
£3 m sales
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Dairy |
UK Meadow Foods buys Nene Valley Foods from Dairy Farmers of Britain |
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Spirits |
Campari from Italy completes purchase of Wild Turkey in US from Pernod Ricard of France |
$581 m |
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Beer |
UK Molson Coors buys 50.1% of Cobra |
£14 m |
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Jun 09 |
Beer |
Poland’s Van Pur completes purchase of Koszalin brewery from Royal Unibrew of Denmark |
DKK35 m |
Ingredients |
Barry Callebaut Sweden to buy Eurogran of Denmark from MISP Holding of Denmark |
€28 m sales |
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Ingredients |
US Sensory Effects buys emulsified powder business from Associated British Foods of UK |
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Dairy |
UK Milk Link to buy Llandyrnog creamery from Dairy Farmers of Britain |
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Dairy |
UK Lactalis to buy Lubborn creamery from Dairy Farmers of Britain |
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Dairy |
US PepsiCo and Saudi Almarai joint venture International Dairy and Juice buys 75% of Jordan’s Teeba from Almarai |
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Meat |
Brazil’s Sadia and Perdigão to merge and form Brasil Foods |
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Beer |
China’s Tsingtao to buy Jinan Beer |
$37 m |
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Beer |
Norwegian investors to buy 80% of Arendal brewery from Carlsberg |
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Beverages |
China’s Andre Juice and Uni-President form joint venture |
RMB200 m |
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Dairy |
US Kohlberg Kravis Roberts takes significant minority in China’s Modern Dairy |
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Soya |
Dean Foods from US to buy Alpro from Vandemoortele of Belgium |
€325 m |
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Flavours |
Frutarom from Israel to buy Savory Functional Systems in Germany from Chr Hansen of Denmark |
$7 m |
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Spirits |
US Fortune Brands buys Effen vodka brand produced in Netherlands from Sazerac |
$10 m sales |
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Spirits |
US Sazerac buys Old Taylor whiskey brand from Fortune Brands |
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| Fruit juice |
US Sunny Delight owner Beverage Holdings buys superfruit assets of Bossa Nova |
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Dairy |
Saputo from Canada to buy F&A Dairy activities in US |
$140 m sales |
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Beer |
Heineken to merge Kralovsky brewery with Drinks Union subsidiary in Czech Republic |
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Beer |
Germany’s Oettinger to buy Braunschweig brewery from Carlsberg Deutschland |
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Dairy |
Belgium’s Inza to buy Yogho! Yogho! and Choco! Choco! European brand rights from Netherlands’ FrieslandCampina |
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Packaging |
Crown from US buys beverage can production facility from Interfood in Vietnam |
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