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United Kingdom / Companies
It has been reported in UK-based newspaper The Sunday Times that US-food producer Campbell Soup is considering making a bid for the biscuit operations of UK-based United Biscuits. The acquisition, which could cost around GBP1.5bn, would significantly expand the firm's revenues and diversify the business away from the US, where it is currently focused. United Biscuits is the UK's...
2010-09-01Canada / Companies
Canadian food and retail conglomerate George Weston has purchased the US frozen bakery producer Keystone Bakeries for US$185mn. The deal comes 18 months after George Weston sold a US...
2010-08-31Brazil / Companies
Mexican bread maker Bimbo has opened a new factory in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The facility is to produce the Pullman and Plusvista bakery brands and takes the total number...
2010-08-27Industry Developments
United Kingdom
It has been reported in UK-based newspaper The Sunday Times that US-food producer Campbell Soup is considering making a bid for the biscuit operations of UK-based United Biscuits. The...
2010-09-01Canada
Canadian food and retail conglomerate George Weston has purchased the US frozen bakery producer Keystone Bakeries for US$185mn. The deal comes 18 months after George Weston sold a US...
2010-08-31Brazil
Mexican bread maker Bimbo has opened a new factory in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The facility is to produce the Pullman and Plusvista bakery brands and takes the total number...
2010-08-27Brazil
The Brazilian consumer sector is one of the most dynamic in the world, with growing incomes and a strong consumer culture driving up spending and delivering impressive revenue growth...
2010-08-25
