Biggest buyers and sellers in 2014
Coca-Cola, Danone, Anheuser-Busch InBev and DS Services were the 4 most acquisitive companies of 2014, according to the bevblog.net food and drink transactions database, with each responsible for 6 or more takeovers. Lactalis, Diageo, FrieslandCampina, Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated and BBX Capital all made 5 purchases.
Nestlé and Coca-Cola were the only 2 companies to make 5 or more sales, followed by Unilever on 4, then BASF, Cargill and Constar on 3 each.
A total of 909 companies were involved across 75 countries, with the United States and United Kingdom consistently most prominent overall.
GLOBAL FOOD AND DRINK TRANSACTIONS BY COUNTRY 2013-14
| Rank | Country |
2013 |
2014 |
| Top buyers |
|
|
|
| 1 | United States |
177 |
197 |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
43 |
74 |
| 3 | France |
31 |
32 |
| 4 | Canada |
22 |
22 |
| 5 | Germany |
21 |
20 |
|
Top sellers |
|
|
|
| 1 | United States |
197 |
208 |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
74 |
66 |
| 3= | Canada |
22 |
20 |
| China |
18 |
20 |
|
| 5= | Italy |
13 |
17 |
| Australia |
9 |
17 |
Sources: bevblog.net, Zenith International
Reversing the pattern of 2013, US companies made 11 more sales than purchases, while UK companies made 8 more purchases than sales. France was the biggest net buyer (+16) and Australia/New Zealand the biggest net sellers (-16).
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