Mergers & acquisitions
| Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | Millions | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.01.2012 | Ingredients | Naturex | France | Pektowin | Poland | €8.4 | Completed 9.3.12 |
| 11.01.2012 | Ingredients | Novo Holdings | Denmark | PAI (private equity) | France | €560 | 25.66% of Chr Hansen |
| 10.01.2012 | Packaging | JP Morgan Chase (private equity) | United States | Linpac | United Kingdom | £138 sales | Linpac Allibert |
| 10.01.2012 | Packaging | AkzoNobel | Netherlands | Metlac | Italy | Remaining shares | |
| 10.01.2012 | Bottled water | Pandam | Serbia | Minaqua | Serbia | $7.5 | Increase to 84.6% stake |
| 10.01.2012 | Beer | Boston Beer Co | United States | Angel City Brewing | United States | ||
| 09.01.2012 | Confectionery | Tangerine | United Kingdom | Smith Kendon | United Kingdom | 2 brands | |
| 09.01.2012 | Dairy | Lactalis | France | Skanemejerier | Sweden | €330 sales | |
| 09.01.2012 | Spirits | Proximo | United States | CL Financial | Trinidad | Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana bottling and packaging | |
| 06.01.2012 | Water coolers | Waterlogic | United Kingdom | DSK | Norway | $1.5 | Completed 1.2.12 |
| 05.01.2012 | Snacks | Tyrrells | United Kingdom | Glennans | United Kingdom | ||
| 05.01.2012 | Food | 3A | France | Terre de Lys | France | ||
| 05.01.2012 | Beer | Wes Jones/others | United States | Saint Louis Brewery | United States | 60% stake | |
| 05.01.2012 | Water coolers | Onesource Water | United States | Next Generation H2O | United States | ||
| 04.01.2012 | Ingredients | Savena | France | Sfinc | Belgium | Merger | |
| 04.01.2012 | Ingredients | Batory Foods | United States | Mac & Massey | United States | ||
| 03.01.2012 | Ingredients | Cargill | United States | AgriNurture | Philippines | $30.5 | 28.11% stake |
| 03.01.2012 | Packaging | Odyssey (private equity) | United States | Berkley Operations | United States | Packaging Plus division | |
| 03.01.2012 | Food | Manfield (private equity) | United States | Mitsui | Japan | MCM in Netherlands and UK | |
| 03.01.2012 | Ingredients | Vion | Netherlands | Eastman Kodak | United States | Eastman Gel | |
| 03.01.2012 | Tea | Sara Lee | United States | Tea Forté | United States | $12 sales | |
| 03.01.2012 | Packaging | Ardagh | Luxembourg | Exal | United States | €85 | Boxal and Szenna Pack, completed 5.3.12 |
| 03.01.2012 | Ingredients | Frutarom | Israel | Savoury Flavours | United Kingdom | €4.6 | |
| 03.01.2012 | Packaging | TricorBraun | United States | Trilogy Glass | United States | ||
| 02.01.2012 | Packaging | Sterling (private equity) | United States | DuPont | United States | Liqui-Box |