34 MORE ACQUISITIONS IN JULY/AUGUST

The pace of food and drink company acquisitions continued unabated over the summer months.

Out of 34 more recorded in July and August, 10 were in soft drinks, 5 in beer, 5 in wine and spirits, 3 in ingredients and 3 in packaging.

23 countries were involved, led by the United States and United Kingdom, with other important contributions from France, Russia, China and Japan.

16 of the transactions were across borders, 18 within single countries. Anheuser-Busch InBev and Rio Tinto both made two divestments.

The biggest deal was PepsiCo’s $7.8 billion agreement to buy out its two leading bottlers. Rio Tinto’s sales added up to $3.2 billion.

Jul 09	Packaging	US Ball Corporation to buy four beverage can plants from Anheuser-Busch InBev	$577m
	Soft drinks	US Sunny Delight owner Beverage Holdings buys Bossa Nova from JW Childs private equity firm and Coca-Cola
	Dairy	China’s COFCO and Hopu private equity fund to buy 20% of Mengniu	$790m
	Packaging	Bemis of US to acquire Food Americas operations of Alcan Packaging from Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto	$1.2 bn
	Beer	Affinity Equity Partners to buy 50% of South Korea’s Oriental Brewery from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts private equity firm of US	$400 m
	Dairy	Nutritek from Russia buys New Zealand Dairies
	Equipment	Tetra Pak from Sweden acquires mixer assets from Scanima of Denmark
	Juice	New Zealand’s Frucor to buy Simply Squeezed
	Food	UK Key Capital Partners leads management buy out of TSC Foods	$24 m
	Food	UK Heather Mills buys Redwood Wholefood
	Wine	UK Global Vintners buys Ehrmanns importer
	Equipment	US SigmaBleyzer private equity firm buys Jus-Made drink mix maker
	Spirits	Illva Saronno from Italy buys Tia Maria liqueur brand from Pernod Ricard of France	$125m
	Soft drinks	Japan’s Suntory to buy soft drinks division of Nichirei	Y5.5bn Sales
	Beer	China’s Tsingtao Brewery to buy Baotuquan from Tsingtao Group	CNY 9m
	Hot drinks	Arab Investments buys UK based Coffee Republic coffee shop chain
	Bottled water	Austria’s Vöslauer merges with brewer Ottakringer
Aug 09	Ingredients	US Nutra to buy Nutritional Specialties assets from Baywood	$8m
	Vodka	Central European Distribution Corporation from Poland buys additional 6% of Russian Alcohol Group	$30m
	Fruit	Dole from US to sell certain operations in Latin America	$68m
	Ingredients	Natraceutical from Spain to merge with Naturex of France	€200m sales
	Soft drinks	US PepsiCo to buy remaining shares in Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas	$7.8bn
	Soft drinks	Coca-Cola from US buys back plant in Philippines	$100m
	Wine	Boisset Family Estates from France buys Raymond Vineyard & Cellar in United States
	Beer	Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana to buy Caribbean breweries from Royal Unibrew of Denmark	$31m
	Soft drinks	Japan’s Sapporo to buy 22% stake in Pokka from Advantage investment fund	$105m
	Soft drinks	PepsiCo from US to buy Amacoco in Brazil
	Beer	Efes from Turkey to buy remaining 7% stake in Krasny Vostok of Russia from Tradex	$30m
	Soft drinks	US Full Motion buys Mojito
	Wine	France’s LVMH buys 50% stake in Chateau Cheval Blanc and La Tour du Pin
	Packaging	Amcor of Australia to buy Alcan packaging assets from Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto	2.0bn
	Soft drinks	US AMI Brands buys Embodi
	Ingredients	UK Brenntag buys packed glucose syrup business from Cargill
	Beer	C&C from Ireland buys Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland businesses from Anheuser-Busch InBev of Belgium	£180m