563 food and drink acquisitions in 2014
A record 563 food and drink industry transactions were reported in the bevblog.net mergers and acquisitions database for 2014, an average of more than 10 per week and 17% above the level of 2013.
The total compares with 466 in 2011, 520 in 2012 and 481 in 2013.
GLOBAL FOOD AND DRINK ACQUISITIONS 2011-14
Sources: bevblog.net, Zenith International
The highest numbers of deals were in packaging, dairy, general food, soft drinks and ingredients.
GLOBAL FOOD AND DRINK ACQUISITIONS BY SECTOR 2013-14
| Rank | Sector |
2013 |
2014 |
| 1 | Packaging |
35 |
68 |
| 2 | Dairy |
64 |
63 |
| 3 | General food |
47 |
51 |
| 4 | Soft drinks |
35 |
48 |
| 5 | Ingredients |
49 |
47 |
| 6= | Spirits |
36 |
28 |
| Wine |
38 |
28 |
|
| 8 | Beer |
24 |
25 |
| 9 | Confectionery |
5 |
19 |
| 10= | Bottled water |
16 |
17 |
| Equipment |
17 |
17 |
|
| 12 | Bakery |
8 |
16 |
| 13= | Nutrition |
14 |
14 |
| Meat |
14 |
14 |
|
| 15 | Coffee |
6 |
13 |
Sources: bevblog.net, Zenith International
The biggest changes were a leap in transactions for packaging (+33), back to its leadership position held in 2012, in confectionery (+14) and soft drinks (+13), with the major falls being in wine (-10) and spirits (-8). Water cooler deals slipped from 13 to 11 and fruit juice from 13 to 10.
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