Mergers & acquisitions
| Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | Millions | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.08.2011 | Soft drinks | Slush Puppie | United Kingdom | Frutina | United Kingdom | ||
| 19.08.2011 | Coffee | Retail Food Group | Australia | Evolution Coffee Roasters | New Zealand | A$4 | |
| 18.08.2011 | Spirits | Asahi | Japan | Pacific, Unitas (private equity) | Various | $1,280 | Independent Liquor of New Zealand, completed 30.9.11 |
| 18.08.2011 | Beer | China Resources/SABMiller | China | China Kweichow Moutai | China | Joint venture to control Guizhou Moutai | |
| 17.08.2011 | Dairy | OpenGate (private equity) | United States | Dean Foods | United States | Waukesha plant | |
| 17.08.2011 | Bottled water | Halewood | United Kingdom | Lakeland Willow | United Kingdom | ||
| 17.08.2011 | Food | Liberation Group | United Kingdom | JJ Le Sueur | United Kingdom | ||
| 16.08.2011 | Dairy | IPO | Australia | Bega Cheese | Australia | $37 | |
| 16.08.2011 | Spreads | Bunge | United States | C F Sauer | Margarine assets | ||
| 16.08.2011 | Packaging | Rauh | Germany | RPC | United Kingdom | €2.9 | German closure operations |
| 16.08.2011 | Coffee | Eden Springs | Israel | Shakespeare Coffee Company | United Kingdom | Coffee services | |
| 15.08.2011 | Food | Bright Food Group | China | Champ (private equity) | Australia | $416 | 75% of Manassen Foods in Australia |
| 12.08.2011 | Wine | The Wine Group | Australia | Australian Vintage | Australia | Loxton Winery | |
| 11.08.2011 | Soft drinks | Tata | India | Rising Beverages | United States | Increase to 43.1% stake | |
| 11.08.2011 | Soft drinks | Nestlé | Switzerland | Malher | Guatemala | Majority stake | |
| 11.08.2011 | Dairy | Almarai/PepsiCo | Various | Almarai | Saudi Arabia | 75% of Teeba in Jordan | |
| 10.08.2011 | Ice cream | Unilever | Various | Balkan Accession Fund | Bulgaria | €7 sales | Darko in Bulgaria |
| 09.08.2011 | Fruit juice | SunOpta | Canada | Lorton’s | United States | $2.5 | |
| 09.08.2011 | Food | Ralcorp | United States | Sara Lee | United States | $545 | North American refrigerated dough business, completed 4.10.11 |
| 08.08.2011 | Packaging | Bemis | United States | Mayor | Hong Kong (China) | ||
| 08.08.2011 | Packaging | Multivac | Germany | Mobepack Sistem | Spain | ||
| 08.08.2011 | Packaging | Sun European Partners (private equity) | United Kingdom | Mondi | United States | Unterland Flexible Packaging in Australia | |
| 06.08.2011 | Food | Smart Balance | United States | Claridge (private equity) | Canada | $66 | Importations DE-RO-MA in Canada |
| 05.08.2011 | Soft drinks | SunSweet Growers | United States | Function Drinks | United States | ||
| 04.08.2011 | Food | Riverford Organic | United Kingdom | Box Fresh Organics | United Kingdom |