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BMI's food and drink Risk/Reward ratings assess a market's attractiveness to industry investors in comparison to its peers. The Reward part of the rating takes into account market size,...
2012-01-17Companies
German dairy firm Müller has agreed to acquire UK-based Robert Wiseman Dairies in a deal worth GBP279.5mn. Müller is to pay GBp390 per share for the UK group representing a 60% premium...
2012-01-16Companies
UK retailer Tesco has been forced to issue a profit warning after posting lacklustre results for the Christmas period. The firm registered a 2.3% decline in like-for-like sales for...
2012-01-12Finance
Two newly announced deals have again highlighted private equity (PE)'s attraction to relatively unfashionable parts of the food sector. In the US PE firm Centre Partners announced the...
2011-12-21Companies
With many countries in Western Europe facing large fiscal deficits policy makers have in some cases looked to the alcoholic drinks industry to close the gap. Alcohol duties have increased...
2011-12-13Companies
UK-based Premier Foods has announced the sale of its loss making chilled food division Brookes Avana to the 2 Sisters Food Group in a deal worth GBP30mn. The sale comes as Premier Foods...
2011-12-12Companies
Netherlands-based brewer Heineken has increased its exposure to the UK's beleagured pub sector by agreeing to purchase the Galaxy Pub Estate from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The...
2011-12-05Companies
For the major food and drink companies in Western Europe the key issue that they have contended with in recent quarters is the run up in commodity prices in late 2010 and the beginning...
2011-12-01
