Biggest buyers and sellers in 2013

DS Waters of the United States, Agropur of Canada and Post of the United States were the 3 most acquisitive companies of 2013, according to the bevblog.net food and drink transactions database, each responsible for 5 or more takeovers. Boulder Brands, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Femsa, Danone and Diageo all made 4 purchases.

Nestlé and Hostess Brands were the only 2 companies to make 5 or more sales, followed by just Unilever on 4.

The main countries where transactions took place were:

The top buying countries were:

Thus US companies made 12 more purchases than sales, while UK companies made 13 more sales than purchases.