Mergers & acquisitions
| Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | Millions | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.05.2021 | Water dispense | BDT (private equity) | United States | Advent International, Centerbridge (private equity) | United States | Majority stake in Culligan | |
| 24.05.2021 | Meat | Marfrig | Brazil | BRF | Brazil | $800 | 24% stake |
| 23.05.2021 | Dairy-free | Proterra (private equity) | United States | Simple Love | China | $124 | Investment |
| 21.05.2021 | Food | Sysco | United States | Greco and Sons | United States | $800 sales | Distributor |
| 21.05.2021 | Equipment | Pentair | United States | KBI | United States | $80 | |
| 21.05.2021 | Ingredients | Zeelandia | Netherlands | John Morley | United Kingdom | ||
| 21.05.2021 | Wine | Carl Vin & Wine | Sweden | Spivi Scandinavia | Sweden | Merger | |
| 21.05.2021 | Packaging | Loftware | United States | NiceLabel | Slovenia | ||
| 20.05.2021 | Plant-based | IPO | United States | Oatly | Sweden | $10,000 | $1,430m raised |
| 20.05.2021 | Ingredients | Astera, others | Various | TerViva | United States | $54 | Funding round |
| 19.05.2021 | Soft drinks | NextWorld (private equity) | United States | Sambazon | United States | $45 | Investment |
| 19.05.2021 | Meat-free | D1 (private equity), others | United States | Daring Foods | United States | $40 | Series B funding |
| 19.05.2021 | Water dispense | Culligan | United States | Eastern Pure Water | United States | Through Quench, point of use | |
| 19.05.2021 | Bakery | Roark (private equity) | United States | Levine Leichtman (private equity) | United States | Nothing Bundt Cakes | |
| 19.05.2021 | Plant-based | Trirec (private equity), others | Various | YouKuai | China | $7.3 | Series A funding |
| 19.05.2021 | Soft drinks | Group of investors | United Kingdom | Virtue Drinks | United Kingdom | £1.1 | Funding round |
| 18.05.2021 | Tea | BrandProject (private equity), others | United States | Tea Drops | United States | $5 | Series A funding |
| 18.05.2021 | Packaging | B&C Group | Austria | Lindsay Goldberg (private equity) | United States | €540 sales | 80% of Schur Flexibles in Austria |
| 18.05.2021 | Seafood | Iceland Seafood International | Iceland | Ahumados Dominguez | Spain | €19.3 sales | 80% stake |
| 18.05.2021 | Confectionery | Hershey | United States | VMG (private equity) | United States | Lily's | |
| 18.05.2021 | Cell-based | UBS (private equity), others | United States | Eat Just | United States | $170 | For Good Meat division |
| 17.05.2021 | Ingredients | EQT (private equity) | Sweden | Indesso | Indonesia | Minority stake | |
| 17.05.2021 | Desserts | Exponent (private equity) | United Kingdom | Noble Foods | United Kingdom | Gü | |
| 14.05.2021 | Coffee | Ascend (private equity), others | United States | Bean Box | United States | $2.4 | Series A funding |
| 14.05.2021 | Packaging | Graphic Packaging | United States | CVC (private equity) | United Kingdom | $1,450 | AR Packaging in Sweden |