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Nestlé Likely To Do More Big Acquisitions: CFO

Nestlé will do more acquisitions, also big ones, the food giant's chief financial officer said on Wednesday. "We have been very disciplined,...

Mergers And Acquisitions Accelerate In India's Retail Market, As Competition Increases

Merger and acquisition activity is accelerating in India's retail market, with the 2018 acquisition of Flipkart by Walmart opening the floodgates on a seri...

German Competition Regulator To Examine Acquisition Of Real By Kaufland

German competition regulator Bundeskartellamt has initiated the main test procedure for examining the acquisition of up to 101 Real locations from SCP Reta...

Uber To Buy Postmates In $2.65bn Stock Deal

Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday it would buy Postmates Inc in a $2.65 billion (€2.34 billion) deal, looking to expand its reach into the food-del...

Major Food Brands Quick To Embrace On-Trend Categories In 2019: GlobalData

This year saw major international food brands quick off the mark to snap up, or invest in, smaller companies operating in fast-growing categories, accordin...

Applegreen Posts Strong Revenue Growth In First Half

Forecourt retailer Applegreen has posted a 73% year-on-year growth in group revenue to €1.5 billion in the first half of its financial year. Its gr...

Nestlé Health Science Acquires Personalised Supplements Business, Persona

Nestlé has announced that its Health Science division has acquired Persona, a Seattle-based personalised nutrition business. Founded in 2017, Per...

Lactalis Completes Acquisition Of Brazilian Dairy Producer Itambé

French and Mexican dairy groups Lactalis and Grupo Lala SAB de CV reached an agreement to end litigation in Latin America, allowing Lactalis to conclude th...