Mergers & acquisitions
Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | Millions | Comment |
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30.12.2010 | Dairy | Wimm-Bill-Dann | Russia | Kungur Dairy Plant | Russia | ||
31.12.2010 | Packaging | Chamonix (private equity) | United Kingdom | Linpac | United Kingdom | 5 business units | |
31.12.2010 | Tea | Harris Tea | United States | Keith Spicer | United Kingdom | £20 sales | |
31.12.2010 | Bottled water | SABMiller | United Kingdom | Crown Foods | Kenya | ||
03.01.2011 | Bottled water | Coop Schweiz | Switzerland | Pearlwater | Switzerland | ||
03.01.2011 | Beer | Frankfurter Brauhaus | Germany | Carlsberg | Denmark | Dresden brewery | |
05.01.2011 | Tea | Madhu Jayanti | India | Keith Spicer | United Kingdom | ||
06.01.2011 | Dairy | Schreiber Foods | United States | Dean Foods | United States | Private label yogurt operations | |
06.01.2011 | Dairy | Arla | Denmark | Boxholm | Sweden | ||
07.01.2011 | Beer | Beijing Yanjing | China | Jinchuan | China | $23 | 96% stake |
07.01.2011 | Dairy | Etika | Malaysia | Susu Lembu Asli | Malaysia | $37 | |
11.01.2011 | Food | Former directors backed by RCapital (private equity) | United Kingdom | Westler Foods | United Kingdom | Out of administration | |
12.01.2011 | Spirits | Bright Food Group | China | Shui Jing Fang | China | $7.1 | 40% of Quan Xing Jiu Ye |
12.01.2011 | Beer | Beer Barons | Canada | King Brewery | Canada | ||
12.01.2011 | Beer | Heineken | Netherlands | Sona | Nigeria | 5 breweries | |
13.01.2011 | Beer | SABMiller and China Resources Enterprise through joint venture China Resources Snow Breweries | China | Aoke Beer | China | ||
13.01.2011 | Ingredients | Range of investors | PAI Partners (private equity) | France | $525 est | 18.2% of Chr Hansen from Denmark | |
14.01.2011 | Food | Kerry | Ireland | Headland Foods | United Kingdom | Ready meals, completion | |
14.01.2011 | Ingredients | Lactalis | France | Ebro Foods | Spain | €8.3 | 29.9% of Biosearch |
17.01.2011 | Soft drinks | Refresco | Netherlands | Trilantic Capital Partners (private equity) | €170 sales | 100% of Spumador in Italy |