35 MORE ACQUISITIONS IN MAY/JUNE

11 were in beer, 9 in dairy, 4 in soft drinks, 3 in spirits and 3 in ingredients.

The US featured in 13, UK 8, China 5 and Denmark 3. Most were across borders. Almost every major economy was affected, but not Russia this time.

3 were Anheuser-Busch InBev divestments and 3 more were disposals by Dairy Farmers of Britain.

Apr 09	Sugar	Associated British Foods from UK completes purchase of Azucarera Ebro in Spain
May 09	Beer	Asahi from Japan completes purchase of 19.9% stake in Tsingtao of China from Anheuser-Busch InBev	$667 m
	Foodservice	Canada’s MTY Food Group completes purchase of Country Style Food Services	C$16 m
	Beer	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts from US buys Oriental Brewery of Korea from Anheuser-Busch InBev	$1.8 bn
	Beer	China’s Chen Fashu buys 7% stake in Tsingtao from Anheuser-Busch InBev	$235 m
	Bottled water	Romanian businessman loan Balan buys Bere Mures mineral water division from Heineken Romania
	Dairy	Lala from Mexico buys National Dairy in US from Dairy Farmers of America
	Beer	SABMiller from UK to buy remaining 28% of Kompania Piwowarska in Poland	$1.1 bn
	Beer	Asia Pacific Breweries joint venture between Heineken and Fraser & Neave buys remaining 33% of APB Pearl in India from Jaipuria	$4 m
	Dairy	Parmalat from Italy to buy some National Foods dairy assets in Australia from Kirin of Japan	A$70 m
	Soft drinks	UK Aimia Foods buys Spring Cool Soft Drinks from Novbev	£3 m sales
	Dairy	UK Meadow Foods buys Nene Valley Foods from Dairy Farmers of Britain
	Spirits	Campari from Italy completes purchase of Wild Turkey in US from Pernod Ricard of France	$581 m
	Beer	UK Molson Coors buys 50.1% of Cobra	£14 m
Jun 09	Beer	Poland’s Van Pur completes purchase of Koszalin brewery from Royal Unibrew of Denmark	DKK35 m
	Ingredients	Barry Callebaut Sweden to buy Eurogran of Denmark from MISP Holding of Denmark	€28 m sales
	Ingredients	US Sensory Effects buys emulsified powder business from Associated British Foods of UK
	Dairy	UK Milk Link to buy Llandyrnog creamery from Dairy Farmers of Britain
	Dairy	UK Lactalis to buy Lubborn creamery from Dairy Farmers of Britain
	Dairy	US PepsiCo and Saudi Almarai joint venture International Dairy and Juice buys 75% of Jordan’s Teeba from Almarai
	Meat	Brazil’s Sadia and Perdigão to merge and form Brasil Foods
	Beer	China’s Tsingtao to buy Jinan Beer	$37 m
	Beer	Norwegian investors to buy 80% of Arendal brewery from Carlsberg
	Beverages	China’s Andre Juice and Uni-President form joint venture	RMB200 m
	Dairy	US Kohlberg Kravis Roberts takes significant minority in China’s Modern Dairy
	Soya	Dean Foods from US to buy Alpro from Vandemoortele of Belgium	€325 m
	Flavours	Frutarom from Israel to buy Savory Functional Systems in Germany from Chr Hansen of Denmark	$7 m
	Spirits	US Fortune Brands buys Effen vodka brand produced in Netherlands from Sazerac	$10 m sales
	Spirits	US Sazerac buys Old Taylor whiskey brand from Fortune Brands
	Fruit juice	US Sunny Delight owner Beverage Holdings buys superfruit assets of Bossa Nova
	Dairy	Saputo from Canada to buy F&A Dairy activities in US	$140 m sales
	Beer	Heineken to merge Kralovsky brewery with Drinks Union subsidiary in Czech Republic
	Beer	Germany’s Oettinger to buy Braunschweig brewery from Carlsberg Deutschland
	Dairy	Belgium’s Inza to buy Yogho! Yogho! and Choco! Choco! European brand rights from Netherlands’ FrieslandCampina
	Packaging	Crown from US buys beverage can production facility from Interfood in Vietnam