Mergers & acquisitions

 
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Date Sector Buyer Buyer Country Seller Seller Country Millions Comment
01.02.2011 Alcohol KEG 1 United States Centex United States $40 sales Distributor
01.02.2011 Wine Champ (private equity) Australia Constellation Brands United States A$290 Australia and Europe division, to be renamed Accolade Wines
31.01.2011 Ingredients Olam International Singapore Britannia United Kingdom £33.5
28.01.2011 Ingredients Cargill United States Sorini Indonesia 85% stake - completion
27.01.2011 Fruit Fyffes United States Allerding family Germany £172 sales 33.3% stake in Van Wylick
26.01.2011 Spirits Diageo United Kingdom VinaCapital (private equity) Vietnam £33 23.6% of Hanoi Liquor
26.01.2011 Ingredients ICV Partners (private equity) United States JH Whitney United States Stauber Performance Ingredients
25.01.2011 Bottled water Chaudhary Group Nepal Raybot Springs Nepal 51% stake
25.01.2011 Dairy Milk Link United Kingdom Cornish Country Larder United Kingdom Cheese
25.01.2011 Food Intermediate Capital Group and Exponent (private equity) United Kingdom Premier Foods United Kingdom £205 Marlow Foods
24.01.2011 Ingredients Frutarom Israel British East Anglian Food Ingredients United Kingdom $4.8
24.01.2011 Packaging RockTenn United States Smurfit-Stone United States $3,500
24.01.2011 Soft drinks Kirin Japan China Resources Enterprise China $400 40% stake in new joint venture
24.01.2011 Spirits WS Karoulias Greece Berry Bros & Rudd United Kingdom Management buy out through IMA
21.01.2011 Food Ranjit Singh Boparan United Kingdom Northern Foods United Kingdom £341 In place of Greecore merger
21.01.2011 Pizza Oetker Germany Simplot
21.01.2011 Soft drinks Rentas Libras and other investors Chile Coca-Cola United States 45.5% of Coca-Cola Embonor, increasing stake from 27% to 72%
19.01.2011 Dairy Glanbia Ireland Kerry Ireland €10 est Dawn Dairies liquid milk business
19.01.2011 Ingredients Glanbia Ireland BSN United States $144
19.01.2011 Packaging Ball United States Aerocan Completion
18.01.2011 Beer Carlsberg Denmark Olivaria Belarus 21% (from 47% to 68%)
17.01.2011 Soft drinks Refresco Netherlands Trilantic Capital Partners (private equity) €170 sales 100% of Spumador in Italy
17.01.2011 Wine AdVini France Reutenauer Vins du Sud Ouest France €15 sales
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