United Kingdom

After an eight-year struggle of building considerable scale in Japan, UK mass grocery retail (MGR) player Tesco has decided to exit the Japanese market. Clearly, growth prospects in... 2011-09-06

Sluggish full-year financial results of Australian alcoholic drinks producer Foster's Group may have weakened its bargaining position with UK brewer SABMiller. Foster's has previously... 2011-08-26

It is being suggested that SABMiller may be preparing a revised higher bid for Australian alcoholic drinks producer Foster's Group after both companies reached an impasse over SABMiller's... 2011-08-16

After more than 15 months of wrangling with the Chinese authorities, UK alcohol group Diageo has finally received the green light from China's Ministry of Commerce to acquire an extra... 2011-07-01

BMI's near-term expectations for the (F&D) industry largely revolve around ongoing weakness in developed markets and the outperformance of emerging markets (EM). Led by the US,... 2010-12-09

UK drinks group Diageo's bid to wholly acquire Chinese white spirit producer Shui Jing Fang is yet another test of China's anti-monopoly laws. While we continue to see the growth opportunities... 2010-11-12

Despite strong interest from US food producer Campbell Soup and anticipated interest from private equity investors in the biscuit operations of UK-based biscuit and snack food giant... 2010-09-29

SABMiller and Japan's Asahi are likely to bid for Foster's Group's beer business after it completes a planned de-merger of its beer and wine businesses in H111 (calendar). The long... 2010-08-24

BMI's expectations for food and drink (F&D) industry growth in the short term are in keeping with our global macro views: weak US and eurozone growth and a post-stimulus cooling... 2010-07-05

British spirits major Diageo has upped its stake in Chinese holding company Quanxing by 4%, to 53%, in a deal worth GBP14mn (US$21mn). The motivation for the investment was Quanxing's... 2010-03-02