Mergers & acquisitions
| Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | Millions | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03.01.2020 | Water dispense | Cott | United States | Leylines | Netherlands | Watercooler Gigant in Netherlands | |
| 27.01.2020 | Water dispense | Cott | United States | Roaring Spring | United States | ||
| 10.03.2020 | Equipment | Sacmi | Italy | Velomat | Italy | 70% stake | |
| 25.03.2020 | Snacks | Dacsa, others | Various | Cheeky P's | United Kingdom | Vegan | |
| 28.05.2020 | Coffee | SCB Global (private equity) | United States | White Tale Coffee | United States | ||
| 15.06.2020 | Bakery | Lantmännen Unibake | Denmark | French Bakery Company | Norway | Production assets | |
| 15.07.2020 | Dairy-free | Perfect Day | United States | The Urgent Company | United States | Investment, vegan | |
| 17.08.2020 | Snacks | Lotus Bakeries (private equity) | Belgium | Love Brands | United States | Minority stake | |
| 26.08.2020 | Food | Sovos Brands | United States | Birch Benders | United States | ||
| 03.12.2019 | Alcohol | Musgrave | Ireland | Drinks Inc | United Kingdom | Wholesaler | |
| 23.12.2019 | Seafood | Sykes Seafood | United Kingdom | Dutch Seafood Company | Netherlands | Klaas Puul shrimp business, completed 27.3.20 | |
| 07.01.2020 | Nutrition | Nestlé | Switzerland | LivingMatrix | United States | ||
| 03.01.2020 | Soft drinks | Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country | United States | Glendive Coca-Cola Bottling | United States | ||
| 31.01.2020 | Alcohol | Constellation Brands | United States | Press Premium Alcohol Seltzer | United States | Minority stake | |
| 18.02.2020 | Seafood | Investcorp (private equity) | Bahrain | Fortune International | United States | Recapitalisation | |
| 15.05.2020 | Soft drinks | Talent Resources (private equity), others | United States | Ohza | United States | Seed funding | |
| 05.06.2020 | Services | Mérieux NutriSciences | United States | Dairy Farmers of America | United States | Chestnut Labs in US | |
| 18.06.2020 | Services | Dairy.com | United States | Orbis MES | Ireland | ||
| 13.08.2020 | Ingredients | Glanbia | Ireland | Foodarom | Canada | ||
| 19.08.2020 | Spirits | Trinchero Family Estates | United States | Tres Agaves Products | Mexico | ||
| 22.01.2020 | Soft drinks | Jel Sert | United States | Keurig Dr Pepper | United States | All Sport | |
| 05.02.2020 | Pizza | Peak Rock (private equity) | United States | Unknown | United States | Production facility in US | |
| 21.02.2020 | Ingredients | Kerry | Ireland | Pevesa Biotech | Spain | Plant-based | |
| 05.03.2020 | Spirits | Pernod Ricard | France | Kyoto Distillery | Japan | Significant investment, craft distiller | |
| 10.03.2020 | Beer | Reyes Holdings | United States | Saccani Distributing | United States | Distribution rights |