All Mergers & Acquisitions articles – Page 23
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Neame Lea undergoes management buyout
Lincolnshire herb and ornamentals producer has been bought out by family shareholders with backing from NorthEdge Capital
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Sainsbury’s halts Nisa takeover talks
Supermarket chain shelves takeover bid following competition concerns raised by similar Tesco-Booker deal
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Riverford Organic to become employee owned
Organic delivery business will have a new employee ownership by 2018 as founder Guy Watson confirms he ‘will never sell’
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Deprez family ups Greenyard stake
Leading European distributor Greenyard has announced a change in its shareholdership following the Deprez family’s purchase of AIF’s shares last month
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B&M buys convenience chain Heron Foods
Discount retailer buys east Yorkshire-based grocery retailer in £152m deal with plans to launch a discount convenience grocery brand
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Octofrost acquires Innotec Systems
Move means OctoFrost now has a presence in the processing line manufacturing industry
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Reid Fruits up for sale
Leading Australian cherry exporter Reid Fruits is calling for expressions of interest to purchase the business
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Cosco offers US$6.3bn to buy OOIL
Chinese shipping line offers to purchase OOCL parent company in deal that would make it third-largest container line
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Costa ramps up avocado business
Australia’s leading horticultural company has announced ambitions plans to be the market leader in avocados
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Hein Deprez's TFFG buys AC Hartman
Acquisition of Netherlands' largest organic veg supplier will apparently enable company to expand significantly
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Sainsbury’s to buy Nisa in £130m deal
Supermarket chain enters exclusive talks with mutually-owned buying group in ‘defensive move’ following Tesco-Booker deal
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Amazon to acquire Whole Foods Market
Online retailer ready to take major step into bricks-and-mortar retailing by merging with the US-based supermarket chain
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US poll shows opposition to merger
The potential merger between agrochemical giants Bayer AG and Monsanto has concerned Americans over its likely impact on jobs and food safety
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Planasa acquires US’s NorCal Nursery
The deal adds one of America’s leading strawberry nurseries to Planasa’s portfolio
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Greenlight for Batlow Apples buy-out
Foreign-owned Ausfarm Fresh Group has purchased Australian apple cooperative Batlow
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Vanguard expands produce portfolio
US-headquartered produce company Vanguard International has acquired Pride Packing in Washington State.
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BayWa joins Google to invest in robotics
The German company has bought a stake in Abundant Robotics, which is developing an automated apple picker
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Chelan Fresh to merge with Borton Fruit
New venture between leading US suppliers will have the capacity to support “any size programme” year-round
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Orsero returns to form and targets expansion
Italian group set to grow non-banana business with possible entry into fresh-cut and dried categories following public listing
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Farming charities announce merger
LEAF and FACE have announced proposals to merge and increase capabilities in helping the public appreciate farming