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  • OVER 40 MORE ACQUISITIONS IN MARCH AND APRIL
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6th May 2009 Mergers & Acquisitions

OVER 40 MORE ACQUISITIONS IN MARCH AND APRIL

Consolidation continues apace around the globe and across all food and drink sectors. In the past two months, I’ve noted 42 transactions excluding Pepsi bottler deals. 12 were in dairy, 11 were in alcohol of which 9 were beer, 10 were in soft drinks including 3 water and 2 juice, 3 were in hot drinks. Japanese brewers were buying again, along with Coca Cola, Dean Foods, Emmi and SABMiller, while Anheuser-Busch InBev and Fonterra mainly divested, though there was traffic in both directions for some. There seems to be no shortage of intent or activity whatever the market conditions.
Feb 09 Dairy Lactalis Nestlé buys production plant from Nestlé Spain
Mar 09 Dairy China’s Beijing Sanyuan buys Sanlu $90m
Flavours Frutarom from Israel to buy American Company Flavors Specialties in US $17m
Sugar Nordzucker of Germany completes purchase of Danisco Sugar based in Denmark DKK6.8 billion
Coffee US Farmer Bros buys foodservice business from Sara Lee $45m
Water Turkey’s Coca-Cola Icecek completes purchase of Sandras €13m
Dairy Arla from Sweden to buy Friesland Foods Fresh Nijkerk in Netherlands from Royal FrieslandCampina €215m sales in 2007
Beer SABMiller and China Resources Enterprise to buy Shandong Hupo Brewery in China $42m
Soft drinks US Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated buys Bazza high-Energy Tea trademark from Cooper Tea
Beer US KPS Capital Partners completes purchase of Labatt USA from Anheuser-Busch InBev
Food US Heathrow to buy Natural Harmony Foods
Food Ireland’s Kerry to buy Breeo Foods €140m
Beer SABMiller and Vietnam Dairy Products to buy 50% of SABMiller Vietnam JV from Vinamilk of Vietnam $32m
Dairy France’s Coralis buys UHT milk business from Bongrain
Juice Canada’s Lassonde to buy Apple Valley from Dominion Citrus
Iced tea US Nestlé Waters invests in Sweet Leaf Tea $16m
Hot drinks Tata Tea from India and EBRD to buy 51% of Grand in Russia
Dairy Yoplait from France buys remaining 49% of joint venture with UK Dairy Crest £63.5m
Soft drinks Anheuser-Busch InBev buys Bebidas in Bolivia from SABMiller $27m
Dairy Warrnambool from Australia to buy 50% of new Australian Cheese Company in joint venture with National Foods A$105m
Apr 09 Soft drinks Asahi from Japan completes purchase of Schweppes Australia from Cadbury A$1185m
Juice Coca-Cola buys up to 20% of UK Innocent £30m
Water US Vermont Pure buys Blue Hills
Beer Carlsberg from Denmark forms Nordic JV with Nordmann of Germany €400m sales
Tea Tata Tea from India integrates Premium Foods in Poland
Dairy US Dean Foods buys two plants from Foremost Farms
Spirits Campari from Italy buys Wild Turkey in US $575m
Dairy Emmi from Switzerland increases stake in Kaiku of Spain from 23% to 43%
Dairy Switzerland’s Emmi to buy 60% of Nutrifrais from LRG
Dairy US Dean Foods to buy Santee from Stater Bros
Bakery India’s Wadia to buy remaining 25% of Britannia from Danone
Water Russia’s IDS Group to buy Saint Springs from Nestlé Waters
Snacks PepsiCo buys Karinto in Peru
Beer Carlsberg of Denmark to sell Arendal in Norway
Soft drinks US PepsiCo seeks to buy remaining 67% of Pepsi Bottling Group and 57% of PepsiAmericas $6bn
Beer Carlsberg from Denmark increases stake in Wusu of China to 63%
Beer Kirin from Japan to buy remaining 54% of Lion Nathan in Australia A$3.5bn
Beer Kirin from Japan increases stake in San Miguel of Philippines from 43% to 48% $142m
Alcohol CEDC from Poland to buy increasing stake in Russian Alcohol from Lion Capital $532m
Beer KKR from US to buy Oriental Brewery in South Korea from Anheuser-Busch InBev
Dairy New Zealand’s Britannia to buy remaining 49% of joint venture with Fonterra
Dairy Nestlé and Australia’s Bulla to buy ice cream business from Fonterra
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