In a strategic investment deal with private equity firm Lion Capital, Swiss food firm Aryzta will be buying a 49% stake in French premium food company Picard for €446.6m. Aryzta, which recently sold 49 million shares of the agri ...
In a strategic investment deal with private equity firm Lion Capital, Swiss food firm Aryzta will be buying a 49% stake in French premium food company Picard for €446.6m. Aryzta, which recently sold 49 million shares of the agri ...
Lantmannen has agreed to acquire all the remaining shares, it does not already own in Finland-based thin crisp producer Vaasan, from Lion Capital for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is in line with Lantmannen's strategy to ...
Tags: thin crisp, bakery products, Agriculture
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has agreed to acquire Bumble Bee Seafoods from pan-Atlantic private equity firm Lion Capital for $1.51bn. An agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Bumble Bee Foods has been reached by TUF. Bumble ...
Tags: Seafoods, Agriculture
American Apparel, Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel, announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Financial Performance Summary for the ...
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German retailer Tengelmann has confirmed its Kaiser's supermarket chain has pulled frozen lasagnes from shelves amid concerns the lines could contain horse meat. A spokesperson for the group told just-food today (11 February) that it had ...
Tags: Horse Meat, Grocer Kaise, Pulls Lasagnes
Six of France's largest retail chains have pulled products from their shelves amid concerns the lines could contain horse meat. Retailers including Carrefour and Casino have recalled SKUs supplied by Findus and by French supplier Comigel, ...
Tags: horse meat, retail chains, meat
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
Alpen has become the latest cereal brand in the UK to launch porridge pots. The brand is looking to tap into demand for more convenient breakfast products with the new lines, which have initially gone on sale in Morrisons. The pots will ...
Tags: porridge pots, pots, pot
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 state-owned Bright Food has completed the acquisition of 60%stake in British breakfast cereal company Weetabix from its private equity owner Lion Capital,in a £720m deal. The remaining is held by Lion Capital and the ...
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Bright Food will take a 60% stake in Weetabix in a deal that values the company at 1.2bn pounds. The Northamptonshire-based firm was family-owned until 2004, when it was bought by Lion Capital. Bright Food, which generated revenues of ...
Tags: Bright Food, Weetabix, Lion Capital, takeover