The UK’s top packaging event – Packaging Innovations (Inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Label&Print and Empack 2017 – returns to NEC, Birmingham on 1 & 2 March, with an impressive five shows under one roof, over 350 ...
Tags: Packaging Innovations, Packaging
GlaxoSmithKline’s sale of Lucozade and Ribena for £1.35bn earlier this month was the latest in a long line of iconic British brand sales topped by Cadbury. GlaxoSmithKline's sale of its drinks brands was the latest in a long ...
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GlaxoSmithKline is to sell its drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd (SBF), the Japanese consumer goods company, for GBP 1.35 billion (AUD 2.4b) in cash. It is expected that the transaction will be completed by ...
Tags: Beverage, Food, Agriculture
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell its nutritional drinks brands – the iconic Lucozade and Ribena – to the Japanese consumer goods firm Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) for £1.35bn in cash. GlaxoSmithKline is to sell ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Background Extreme is a brand targeted towards thrill-seekers best known for its sports channel and which has now extended into hotels and licensed products in fashion, food and beverage, consumer electronics, video games and personal ...
UK-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has postponed plans to increase its stake from 46.4% to 75% in GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria (GSK Nigeria), proposed under a scheme of arrangement. The minority shareholders considered the deal ...
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK food and drink industry hit a 10-year low at just 73 deals in the first half of this year, revealed figures from information services company Experian. Could AG Barr's acquisition of GSK's Lucozade and ...
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Irn Bru maker AG Barr is remaining tight-lipped about press reports that it is preparing a £1bn bid for Glaxo Smith Kline’s iconic drink brands Ribena and Lucozade, in the wake of its failed merger bid with Britvic. He ...
Tags: Glaxo Smith Kline, Failed merger deal, AG Barr, Ribena, Lucozade
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced it is to sell its soft drink brands Lucozade and Ribena, in a bid to improve its strategic focus and enhance its growth profile. Lucozade and Ribena are estimated to be for sale for 766M Andrew ...
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The natural fruit juice based energy drink is backed by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes (owner of QPR Football Club, Caterham F1 Team and CEO of Air Asia). The range consists of two flavours: EQ8 Orange & Passion Fruit; and EQ8 ...
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The food industry’s biggest ever takeover was announced over the past month with the sale of Heinz to a consortium led by the sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, and Brazilian private equity specialist Jorge Lemann’s 3G Capital group ...
UK-In a summer to remember,Lucozade's YES!Arena played host to many exciting moments.For the YES!Arena festival tour,Lucozade teamed up with five of the biggest music festivals in the UK-to provide high energy music,fun in the sun,and an ...
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