bevblog.net tracked 213 beverage transactions in 2011, out of a total 468 across the food and drink sector involving businesses in 74 countries.
Beverages therefore accounted for 46% of the total, compared with food on 30% and industry suppliers on 24%.
468 FOOD AND DRINK TRANSACTIONS IN 2011
Source: bevblog.net
Beer and soft drinks were the leading beverage segments with 47 transactions each, just behind general food on 51, dairy on 51 and packaging on 49.
213 BEVERAGE TRANSACTIONS IN 2011
Source: bevblog.net
Full details are available free from the searchable database at bevblog.net.
bevblog.net has recorded a total of 468 food and drink sector transactions announced during 2011.
14 were worth more than $1,000 million, led by UK based SABMiller’s $10,200 million purchase of Australian brewer Foster’s, which was completed in December.
Beer featured in three of the top five for manufacturers, which added up to $19,830 million.
TOP 2011 FOOD AND DRINK MANUFACTURER DEALS
| 1 | SABMiller UK |
Foster’s Australia |
$10,200m |
Beer | Dec |
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| 2 | Kirin Japan |
Schincariol Brazil |
$3,900m |
Beer, soft drinks |
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| 3 | Diamond Foods US |
Procter & Gamble US (Pringles) |
$2,350m |
Snacks | Apr |
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| 4 | Anadolu Turkey |
SABMiller UK (Russia/Ukraine business) |
$1,900m |
Beer | Oct |
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| 5 | Nestlé Switzerland |
Hsu Fu Chi China (60% stake) |
$1,480m |
Confectionery | Jul |
Source: bevblog.net
The top five for industry suppliers amounted to an even higher $23,000 million and were dominated by packaging in the United States.
TOP 2011 FOOD AND DRINK SUPPLIER DEALS
| 1 | DuPont US |
Danisco Denmark |
$6,400m |
Ingredients | May |
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| 2 | Reynolds New Zealand |
Graham US |
$4,500m |
Packaging | Jun |
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| 3 | Sealed Air US |
Diversey US |
$4,300m |
Processing | Oct |
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| 4 | International Paper,US |
Temple-Inland US |
$4,300m |
Packaging | Sep |
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| 5 | RockTenn US |
Smurfit-Stone US |
£3,500m |
Packaging | Jan |
Source: bevblog.net
Full details are available free from the searchable database at bevblog.net.
Although the year ended quietly on the transaction front, I still found more than one a day in December, stretching across 26 countries.
14 involved the United States and no other country was affected by more than 2, with the exception of France on 3.
9 were in alcohol, 8 in soft drinks, 7 in food and 5 in packaging, but none in dairy.
The biggest two were Coca-Cola’s $980 million stake in Aujan of Saudi Arabia and the €753 million Swedish confectionery merger of Cloetta and Leaf.
In my never ending quest for strange but true beverage stories, the new year has fired off with quite a bang.
A British company has created a cannon that shoots water cooler bottles. You may well ask what possible use that could be. The answer is terrorism.
Imagine a hostage situation. You want to break through a wall or into a vehicle. Simple. Grab a water cooler bottle. Load it into a ‘Wall Breaker’ cannon. Shoot. No explosives. Less risk to hostage.
You can see it in operation on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2081677/Wall-Breaker-cannon-British-firm-BCB-International-creates-weapon-fires-water-cooler-bottles.html. Where else ?
Brazil has achieved a success for bottled water that needs to be followed up in as many other countries around the world as possible.
The missing link in most national guidelines for nutrition is the absence of guidance on hydration, despite its importance for good health.
Brazil has now led the way. In its new Government 10 point plan for healthy eating, one of them is devoted to water.
“Drink at least 2 litres (6 to 8 glasses) of water a day. Preferably drink water between meals.”
This is a triumph for common sense and a major accomplishment by the Brazilian industry association ABINAM.
I am especially pleased because it’s one of the key elements in the Global Protocol for Bottled Water proposal I launched back in May.
Congratulations ABINAM and thank you for this Happy Christmas present.
It wasn’t so long ago I made the bold prediction that Monster would outsell Red Bull on the US market in volume.
Now it looks as if Monster will also topple Red Bull’s US lead in value.
Beverage Digest reports Monster as having a 37.0% volume share to Red Bull’s 24.5% in the first nine months of 2011. Red Bull’s value share is an ever strong 32.6%, but Monster has improved to 28.2%.
The research does not cover all outlets, but Monster does seem to be closing the gap fast.
It’s not shocking that US recycling rates rose in 2010. They should have.
It is shocking that they are no better than in the late 1990s.
Figures from the Aluminum Association show that aluminium recycling reached over 60% up to 2000. In 2010 it was … 58.1%.
Numbers from NAPCOR, the National Association for PET Container Resources, put PET recycling at close to 25% in 1998. In 2010 it was … 29.1%.
Our industry really must make more progress than this.
40 more food and drink transactions found their way on to the bevblog database in November. The biggest was a $1,300 million outlay by Japanese brewer Kirin for the second half of Brazil’s Schincariol, though a soft drinks transfer between PepsiCo and Tingyi in China could prove to be of greater consequence.
Overall, 26 of the 40 deals crossed borders. 21 involved the United States, 7 the United Kingdom, 5 France, 4 China, 3 each Brazil and Japan.
14 were in food, 13 in alcohol, 7 in soft drinks and 3 in ingredients.
