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McCormick’s doing well post Gourmet Garden acquisition

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United States based food company, McCormick, has posted increased sales results after acquiring Australia’s Botanical Food Company and its Gourmet Garden herb brand. For its third quarter ended 31 August...

WCB to acquire Lion’s cheese business

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WCB to acquire Lion’s cheese business Victorian-based dairy business Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the everyday cheese business of Japanese-owned...

Food and beverage mergers and acquisitions in Australia in 2014

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Food and beverage mergers and acquisitions in Australia in 2014 Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November...

Australian food manufacturing expands in latest period, PMI stats

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Australian food manufacturing expands in latest period, PMI stats Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian...

Coles’ Western Australian expansion gets ACCC clearance

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ACCC will not oppose proposed acquisition of three Supa IGA stores in WA by Coles The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition...

SunRice to acquire Queensland-based Blue Ribbon Rice Group’s rice assets

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SunRice enters into agreement to acquire Blue Ribbon Rice Group’s rice assets Australian rice company SunRice Group has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the rice milling assets of...

Australia and China to increase co-operation on mergers regulation

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Australia and China to increase co-operation on mergers regulation The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM)...

Peters Ice Cream sold to UK-based R&R Ice Cream

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Peters Ice Cream sold to UK-based ice cream company R&R After speculation earlier in the week, it has been confirmed that Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has sold ice cream brand Peters Food Group Limited...

Suntory Holdings to acquire Beam in $16 billion transaction

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Beam has been acquired by Suntory Holdings Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings is set to acquire all outstanding shares of premium alcoholic spirits company Beam Inc for US$83.50 per share in cash...

M and A activity making news in Australia’s food sector

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Growing investor interest in the Australian processed food sector and divestments by large Australian food manufacturers are becoming more frequent. The recent drop in the Australian dollar and export...