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Plus To Commence Conversion Of Coop Stores In April

Dutch retailer Plus has announced that it will commence the conversion of Coop stores in April of this year.

Auchan Would Have 'A Lot More To Gain' From Carrefour Merger: Barclays

Auchan would have a lot more to gain from a potential tie-up with Carrefour, Barclays has suggested, benefiting from the latter's more advanced digital str...

Plus And Coop Merge To Form New Cooperative

Dutch retailer Plus has announced that it has received all necessary approvals to complete the merger with Coop, announced last September.

Axfood Announces Strategic Partnership With Mathem

Axfood has entered into a strategic partnership with online grocery retailer Mathem and has agreed to divest the operations of Mat.se to Mathem in exchange...

Coop Netherlands Members Approve Merger With Plus

Coop Nederland UA (Coop) has announced that its members have approved the proposed merger with Plus by an overwhelming majority.

Farm Produce Giant Dole Valued At $1.4bn In NYSE Debut

Dole Plc shares fell more than 6% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday (30 July), giving the fruit and vegetable grower a valuation of nearly $...

Food and Beverage M&A Deals Rose By More Than A Third In 2020

Despite the COVID crisis, the global food and beverage sector saw a 36.3% increase in the number of M&A deals in 2020, to a total value of $110 bil...

Italy's Conad Merges Cooperatives To Form Conad Centro Sud

Conad PAC 2000A and Conad Sicilia have agreed to merge to form Conad Centro Sud, a group with an aggregate turnover of €4.5 billion and a market share...