Mergers, acquisitions and divestments subtopic
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Articles
1-100 out of 100 article(s)
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| Brazil : EU mergers and takeovers. |
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Dec 11, 2009 |
119 |
| Mid-Day Minute - Oct 16. |
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Financial report |
Oct 16, 2009 |
406 |
| Brazilian beef producer aims to be global giant; 2 deals announced; JBS would surpass Tyson with merger, acquiring Pilgrim's Pride. |
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Sep 17, 2009 |
734 |
| Brazil: Brazil may impose limits to Perdigao merger-report. |
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Jul 10, 2009 |
205 |
| Brazil: Brazil may impose limits to Perdigao merger-report. |
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Jul 8, 2009 |
205 |
| Frutarom acquires Savoury Functional Systems activities. |
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Jul 1, 2009 |
265 |
| United States: McLeod Acquires Logistics Software Firm. |
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May 2, 2009 |
108 |
| AFS Technologies Acquires Interactive Management Systems, Inc. |
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Mar 9, 2009 |
521 |
| JBS drops plans to merge with National Beef Packing. |
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Mar 2, 2009 |
280 |
| Brazil : EU mergers and takeovers (Oct 14). |
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Oct 15, 2008 |
136 |
| Finland: Atria Plcs acquisition of two Estonian meat processing companies approved. |
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Jul 24, 2008 |
182 |
| Bulgaria: Mekom mulls EUR 2 M (USD 3 Million) acquisitions in FYROM. |
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Jul 21, 2008 |
78 |
| Spain: Smithfield foods in merger talks with Campofrio. |
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Jun 28, 2008 |
175 |
| United States : Smithfield May Merge Its Paris Unit With Campofrio. |
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Jun 27, 2008 |
482 |
| Hain Celestial's U.S. poultry venture has acquired a turkey processing business from meat giant Pilgrim's Pride. |
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Mar 10, 2008 |
87 |
| Dawn Meats merger at expense of 80 jobs. |
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Jan 7, 2008 |
96 |
| Sosland Publishing acquires Watt's Meat Industry Group. |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
269 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. announces the completion of its acquisition of Premium Standard Farms, Inc. (PSF). |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
55 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, VA, announces it has completed the acquisition of Premium Standard Farms, Inc., Kansas City, MO. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
72 |
| Pilgrim's Pride and Gold Kist enter into a definitive merger agreement under which Pilgrim's Pride will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Gold Kist common stock for $21 per share in cash. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
83 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Premium Standard Farms, Inc. (PSF) are planning a merger under which Smithfield will acquire all of the outstanding PSF shares. |
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Sep 25, 2006 |
114 |
| Coleman Natural Foods, LLC becomes the leading United States processor, marketer and distributor of fresh and further prepared natural and organic proteins as a result of merging two premier companies. |
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Aug 28, 2006 |
85 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest hog producer and pork processor, says it has agreed to acquire most assets of the branded meats business of ConAgra Foods Inc. for about $575 million in cash and stock. |
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Aug 7, 2006 |
88 |
| Plastex Announces Release of Herongripa Matting; Highly resistant to animal fat, Herongripa merges maximum safety and maximum value. |
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Jul 13, 2006 |
334 |
| Takeover confirmed. |
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Jul 12, 2006 |
120 |
| General Mills Reports Fiscal 2006 Results; Net Sales Grew 4 Percent to $11.6 Billion; Segment Operating Profits Increased 5 Percent to $2.1 Billion; Diluted EPS of $2.90 Exceeded Targeted Range; Company Provides Fiscal 2007 Outlook. |
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Jun 29, 2006 |
3359 |
| Frozen sandwich steak company Quaker Maid Meats has acquired its closest competitor Steak-umm Company's brand name and associated intellectual property. |
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May 29, 2006 |
30 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. said that it is negotiating for the purchase of Sara Lee Corp.'s billion dollar-a-year European meats business. |
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May 15, 2006 |
223 |
| Smithfield Foods announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cook's ham from ConAgra for approximately $260 million. |
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Apr 10, 2006 |
116 |
| Fitch: ConAgra's Ratings Unaffected by Planned Divestitures. |
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Feb 3, 2006 |
356 |
| Sysco acquires. |
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Feb 1, 2006 |
49 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Cook's ham business of ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods Company, Inc. from ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
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Jan 30, 2006 |
122 |
| Food distributor Frank J. Catanzaro Sons and Daughters Inc. acquired rival HMI Foodservice and its Cincinnati Gourmet Meats subsidiary. |
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Jul 18, 2005 |
53 |
| Rosen's Diversified Inc. (RDI) and American Foods Group Inc. announce an agreement in principle to create a new national food company "American Foods Group LLC" by combining the operations of American Foods Group Inc. and the Rosen Meat Group Inc., a wholly owned RDI subsidiary. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2005 |
85 |
| ContiBeef LLC and Smithfield Foods Inc. will merge their cattle feedlots under a joint venture that will become the largest U.S. cattle feeding business. |
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Apr 1, 2005 |
70 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's biggest hog and pork producer, plans to expand its beef business in the United States, probably by acquiring a rival, Chief Executive Joseph W. Luter III said. |
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Feb 28, 2005 |
147 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. will backtrack on a plan to merge two subsidiaries because they were too large to run together. |
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Dec 13, 2004 |
101 |
| Meat processor Smithfield Foods has announced that it has settled the U.S. Department of Justice's civil suit against the company related to the 1998 and 1999-2001 acquisitions of shares of IBP. |
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Nov 15, 2004 |
126 |
| Meat company Smithfield Foods has announced that it has acquired two European meat processors, Morliny and Comtim Group, for $83 million. |
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Nov 8, 2004 |
63 |
| Smithfield also purchased Comtim Group SRL, its second acquisition in Romania. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 8, 2004 |
35 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. said its Smithfield Beef Group unit had acquired MF Cattle Feeding Inc., a unit of ConAgra Foods Inc. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2004 |
90 |
| Smithfield Beef Group, a subsidiary of meat processor Smithfield Foods has announced that it has acquired MF Cattle Feeding from ConAgra Foods. |
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Oct 25, 2004 |
60 |
| Cargill Inc. announced it would buy control of Brazil's third-largest meat company, Seara Alimentos SA, in a deal that would open Brazilian meat markets to Cargill and could boost Brazil's meat exports. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2004 |
68 |
| Grocery retailer Winn-Dixie Stores has announced that it has sold its Dixie Packers manufacturing facility in Madison County, Florida to The Smithfield Packing Company, a subsidiary of meat processor Smithfield Foods. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 13, 2004 |
91 |
| American processor and marketer of fresh pork and processed meat Smithfield Foods Inc, has completed the acquisition of The Norwich Food Company and Ridpath Pek Ltd. |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
87 |
| Spanish food maker Campofrio Alimentacion has said it has signed a preliminary agreement to sell a 99.3% stake in Poland's Morliny to meat processor Smithfield Foods for $50.4 million. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 16, 2004 |
69 |
| Cold meat specialist Jean Caby is poised to be sold to the Societe Bretonne de Salaisons (SBS), the 100%-owned French affiliate of U.S. group Smithfield, a move that is expected to create the biggest group in the sector in France. |
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Brief Article |
May 31, 2004 |
147 |
| Meat processor Smithfield Foods may be planning to acquire Hungarian meat processor Pick, according to a local media report. |
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Brief Article |
May 10, 2004 |
77 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., closes the sale of its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
32 |
| Meat processor Smithfield Foods has announced it has closed the sale of its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Schneider Corporation, to Maple Leaf Foods for approximately $378 million. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 12, 2004 |
66 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. said last week that the planned sale of its Canadian pork processing operation to Canada's Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has cleared the Canadian Competition Bureau, the last condition for closing the sale. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 5, 2004 |
110 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., purchased more than 8 million shares of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A., for approximately $87.8 million. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 1, 2004 |
105 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced that it has completed acquisitions of two complementary meat companies in the United Kingdom, the Norwich Food Company Ltd. and Ridpath Pek. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 16, 2004 |
88 |
| Smithfield Foods acquires Farmland Foods. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 1, 2003 |
37 |
| Pork producer Smithfield Foods has announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Farmland Foods, the pork production and processing business of bankrupt Farmland Industries. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 3, 2003 |
174 |
| Pork producer Smithfield Foods has announced that it was the successful bidder at an auction to acquire Farmland Foods, the pork production and processing business of bankrupt Farmland Industries, for $367.4 million in cash. |
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Oct 20, 2003 |
159 |
| Private equity firm Thomas H Lee Partners has announced that it has agreed to buy Minnesota-based food processor and distributor Michael Foods for around $1.05 billion. |
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Oct 20, 2003 |
105 |
| The Department of Justice is to allowing the sale of bankrupt Farmland Industries' pork business, Farmland Foods, despite competition concerns from some parts of the industry. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 13, 2003 |
164 |
| Cargill has made a $385 million bid for the pork operations of bankrupt Farmland Industries, a move that means the pork unit will be auctioned by mid-October. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 22, 2003 |
92 |
| Pork producer Smithfield Foods has gained regulatory clearance for its proposed acquisition of a 90% stake in Cumberland Gap Provision. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 1, 2003 |
80 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. said it would add to its leading hog and pork producing empire by acquiring most of Cumberland Gap Provision Co., a privately held processor of hickory smoked hams and sausages. (Business Brief). |
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Brief Article |
Aug 18, 2003 |
97 |
| Goldsmith Agio Helms announced the completed sale of Farmland Industries, Inc.'s interest in Farmland National Beef Packing Company, L.P. to a group of investors led by U.S. Premium Beef Ltd. (Business Briefs ...). |
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Brief Article |
Aug 18, 2003 |
145 |
| Flagship Foods buys Glanbia's UK fresh meat business. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 1, 2003 |
126 |
| Farmland National management and Beef Products Inc. (Business Briefs...). |
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Brief Article |
Jul 28, 2003 |
52 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced the acquisition of Global Culinary Solutions, Inc. and the formation of the Smithfield Innovation Group to develop new products for customers in retail, club store, and food service channels. (Business Briefs). |
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Brief Article |
Jul 28, 2003 |
105 |
| Michael Foods. (Business Briefs). |
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Brief Article |
Jun 16, 2003 |
96 |
| Bob Evans Farms. (Business Briefs). |
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Brief Article |
Jun 16, 2003 |
66 |
| Tyson to launch new lines of beef and pork in February. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2003 |
200 |
| Hicks Muse Buys Meat Processing Operation. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 7, 2002 |
291 |
| Tyson Foods. (Business Briefs). |
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Brief Article |
Oct 14, 2002 |
114 |
| Cargill Integra acquires Dare Valley Poultry. (Company Evolution). |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2002 |
80 |
| Farmland Industries Inc. of Kansas City has rejected an offer from Smithfield Foods Inc. (Business Briefs). |
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Brief Article |
Jun 3, 2002 |
87 |
| Tyson Foods preparing to sell IBP subsidiary. (NW Journal). |
Mooty, Kyle |
Brief Article |
Apr 22, 2002 |
139 |
| Will merger hog the market? Danes may go against Europe. (Meat & Poultry News). |
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Apr 1, 2002 |
213 |
| Tyson foods' buyout of IBP tops 2001's biggest deals. (Biggest Deals 2001). |
Henry, John |
Brief Article |
Feb 11, 2002 |
886 |
| Smithfield Foods and American Food Group terminate discussions. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2002 |
46 |
| Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, is buying Stadler's Country Hams. (Elon). |
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Brief Article |
Dec 1, 2001 |
36 |
| The Global Group PLC. (Company Evolution). |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2001 |
60 |
| Once and For All, Tyson Acquires IBP. |
Mooty, Kyle |
Brief Article |
Oct 15, 2001 |
298 |
| Former Tyson Target Diversifies Into Beef. |
Mooty, Kyle |
Brief Article |
Sep 24, 2001 |
282 |
| Cargill in Springdale Closes Turkey Deal. |
Butler, Elisabeth |
Brief Article |
Sep 3, 2001 |
131 |
| Tyson, IBP Merger Likely by October. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 13, 2001 |
265 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 16, 2001 |
83 |
| Tyson and IBP Agree on Merger Terms. |
MOOTY, KYLE |
Brief Article |
Jul 2, 2001 |
534 |
| Tyson, IBP Hold `Shotgun Wedding' After Judge Lays Down Law. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
504 |
| Galtee acquires Roscrea. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
97 |
| Longslow Dairy acquires Selecta. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
36 |
| Hillshire farm and Kahn's and Galileo join forces. (Foodservice). |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
106 |
| Smithfield completes buyout of beef processor Moyer Packing. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
72 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. |
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Brief Article |
Jun 25, 2001 |
150 |
| No chickening out. |
KABACK, HOFFER |
Brief Article |
Jun 22, 2001 |
783 |
| Hiestand expand in Europe. |
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Brief Article |
Jun 1, 2001 |
74 |
| AT CLOSING NEWS. |
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May 1, 2001 |
1122 |
| Zacky Selling to Rival. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 9, 2001 |
132 |
| Tyson Ends Effort To Purchase IBP. |
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Apr 2, 2001 |
256 |
| Tyson Pursues Other Avenue in Quest for IBP Acquisition. |
Mooty, Kyle |
Brief Article |
Mar 5, 2001 |
323 |
| IS MARITAL BLISS LEADING TO PUBLIC DISCORD? |
Krebs, Candace |
Brief Article |
Mar 1, 2001 |
2232 |
| MARKETING NEWS. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2001 |
452 |
| Tyson Foods wins battle to merge with IBP, Inc. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2001 |
212 |
| Tyson Agrees to Buy IBP for $4.7 Billion, Expands from Poultry into Beef and Pork. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2001 |
624 |
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