Post Foods, a US-based cereal brands manufacturer, has agreed to acquire the branded and private label cereal, granola and snacks business of Hearthside Food Solutions in an all-cash deal worth $158m. Hearthside Food Solutions is a ...
Tags: Post Foods, Food Solutions
In the final week before the Christmas and New Year break, just-food published its review of the year, which included lists of our most-read content and featured an in-depth look at the M&A, retail trends, sustainability initiatives and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
Arca buys US firm Wise and Ecuador's Inalesca Mexican firm already owns domestic snacks business Arca also number two Coke bottler in Latin America Mexican food and drink group Arca Continental has bolstered its snacks business with ...
Tags: Snack, Agriculture Food, Wise Foods
Looking behind the headlines is just-food's signature dish and this year we looked at the major stories in-depth, including the possible suitors for United Biscuits' salty snacks business; the work ahead for China's Bright Food after it ...
Tags: Agriculture Food, Just Food, Bright Food, Kraft Foods
US snack firm Snyder's-Lance is reported to be in negotiations to offload its own-label snacks business Vista. Citing two unnamed sources, Bloomberg said ConAgra Foods, TreeHouse Foods and Ralcorp Holdings are interested in the unit, ...
Tags: Snyder's-Lance, own-label snacks, unnamed sources, ConAgra Foods
Former TescoCEO Terry Leahy will take up the post of chairman at B&M Retail after private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired a majority stake in UK discount retailer. B&M, owned by the Arora family, will continue to be managed ...
Tags: Tesco, Clayton, acquisition, discount retail
Premier Foods plc has poached executives from UK snack manufacturer United Biscuits and retail giant Sainsbury's to bolster the marketing team behind its "power brands". Claire Harrison-Church has taken the newly-created role of director ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, United Biscuits, marketing roles, Premier Foods
Kraft Foods has booked an increase in first-half profits, despite recording a fall in sales, thanks to productivity and price gains. In the six months to the end of June, net profit increased 4.2% to US$1.85bn. Operating profit in the ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, first half profits, fall in sales, food price
Nick Bunker, the head of Kraft Foods' businesses in the UK and Ireland, is to become CEO of United Biscuits recently-separated snacks unit. United Biscuits said today (6 August) Bunker would become chief executive of KP Snacks on 1 ...
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Intersnack has reached a deal to acquire the snack unit of United Biscuits for an undisclosed sum. The privately-held German snack group will take control of KP Snacks, the UK's second-largest snack business with an annual turnover of ...
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The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
Tags: salty snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, dairy, pork sector
German snack company Intersnack is finalizing an agreement to acquire UK-based United Biscuits' snacks business, KP Snacks, for more than £400m. Intersnack and KP Snacks are likely to announce the agreement this week, reported ...
Tags: snack, acquire, Intersnack, KP Snacks, food, potato chips
Chinese food and beverage firm Wahaha is in a leading position to acquire United Biscuits' snacks business, KP Snacks, for £520m. This move comes after the owners of United Biscuits, US private equity firm Blackstone and the French ...
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KP snacks–the maker of Hula Hoops,KP Nuts and McCoy's–has been bought from United Biscuits by German firm Intersnack for an undisclosed sum. KP Snacks has been bought by Intersnack for an undisclosed sum Analysts had long ...
Tags: KP snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, McCoy