30 acquisitions over $1 billion in 2013
Out of 481 food and drink transactions recorded on the bevblog.net acquisitions database for 2013, 30 involved sums over US $1 billion, more than the 26 seen in 2012, which was double the number for 2011.
The top 10 in 2013 were:
| Rank | Sector | Buyer | Transaction |
$ million |
| 1 | Food | Berkshire Hathaway,
3G |
Heinz |
28,000 |
| 2 | Ingredients | Thermo Fisher
Scientific |
Life Technologies |
13,600 |
| 3 | Beer | TCC Assets | Fraser & Neave |
11,200 |
| 4 | Coffee | Joh A Benckiser | D E Master Blenders 1753 |
10,250 |
| 5 | Food | Sysco | US Foods |
8,200 |
| 6 | Dairy | Sodiaal | Merger with 3A |
7,100 sales |
| 7 | Food | Shuanghui | Smithfield Foods |
7,000 |
| 8 | Ingredients | Cargill, ConAgra | CHS |
4,300 sales |
| 9 | Soft drinks | Cobega | Merger with Casbega, 5 other Coca-Cola bottlers |
4,100 |
| 10 | Soft drinks | Refresco | Gerber Emig |
3,150 sales |
4 were for beverages, 3 for food, 2 in ingredients and 1 in dairy.
The combined value of these 10 was $97 billion. The 30 over $1 billion totalled $134 billion, 54% more than the 26 over $1 billion in 2012 at $87 billion.
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