Mergers & acquisitions
| Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | Millions | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.08.2020 | Vertical farming | Ocado | United Kingdom | Jones Food Company | United Kingdom | Stake increase from 58% to 70% | |
| 28.08.2020 | Dairy | DOB Equity (private equity) | Netherlands | Tanga Fresh | Tanzania | Investment | |
| 27.08.2020 | Dairy | Emmi | Switzerland | Bettinehoeve | Netherlands | Stake increase from 60% to 90%, goats' milk | |
| 27.08.2020 | Coffee | Anges Quebec, others | Canada | Dispatch Coffee | Canada | $1 | Seed funding |
| 27.08.2020 | Packaging | TricorBraun | United States | Price Container and Packaging | United States | ||
| 26.08.2020 | Dairy | ACG (private equity), others | United States | Clio Snacks | United States | $8 | Series C funding |
| 26.08.2020 | Food | Sovos Brands | United States | Birch Benders | United States | ||
| 25.08.2020 | Services | Vaekstfonden (private equity), others | Various | Plant Jammer | Denmark | €4 | Funding round, plant-based |
| 25.08.2020 | Plant-based | Springdale (private equity), others | United Kingdom | Kos | United States | $2.1 Funding round | |
| 24.08.2020 | Agribusiness | Unknown | Unknown | Archer Daniels Midland | United States | $550 | Stake reduction to 20% of Wilmar in Singapore |
| 24.08.2020 | Dairy | A2Milk Company | New Zealand | Mataura Valley Milk | New Zealand | $176 | 75.1% stake |
| 24.08.2020 | Nutrition | Blackstone (private equity) | United States | Ancestry | United States | $4,700 | DNA Insights |
| 24.08.2020 | Dairy-free | Good Karma | United States | Dean Foods | United States | Majority stake, re-purchase out of bankruptcy | |
| 24.08.2020 | Dairy-free | Valor Siren (private equity), others | United States | Good Karma | United States | Funding round | |
| 21.08.2020 | Plant-based | BDC (private equity), others | Various | Sol Cuisine | Canada | $10 | Funding round, frozen food |
| 21.08.2020 | Food delivery | Y Combinator, others | United States | Shef | United States | $8.8 | Seed funding, online |
| 21.08.2020 | Soft drinks | LifeAID | United States | HPF Solutions | Netherlands | ||
| 21.08.2020 | Vertical farming | Gagarin (private equity), others | Various | iFarm | Finland | $4 | Funding round |
| 21.08.2020 | Soft drinks | Boyu (private equity), 1 other | China | Celsius | United States | $22 | Funding round |
| 21.08.2020 | Nutrition | United Sports Brands | United States | Glukos Energy | United States | ||
| 21.08.2020 | Wine | Shannon Ridge Family of Wines | United States | Steele Wines | United States | ||
| 20.08.2020 | Alcohol | Avenir (private equity), others | United States | Drizly | United States | $50 | Series C funding, online delivery |
| 20.08.2020 | Water drinks | Flexis (private equity), others | United States | Waterloo | United States | ||
| 19.08.2020 | Ingredients | IMCD | Netherlands | VitaQualy | Brazil | R$26 sales | |
| 19.08.2020 | Spirits | Diageo | United Kingdom | Rheinland Distillers | Germany | Minority stake |