acquisition
News
-
Tetra Pak snaps up Danish dairy membrane filtration company
Multinational food packaging and processing giant Tetra Pak has acquired DSS Silkeborg, a Danish dairy membrane filtration company.
September 10, 2013 0 comment
-
Unilever acquires T2 tea brand
Unilever has announced it’s entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Australian tea business, T2, for an undisclosed amount.
September 6, 2013 7 comments
-
FactCheck: do many other countries restrict foreign investment in agricultural land?
In their final election debate at the Rooty Hill RSL Club, both leaders were asked about foreign investment of agricultural land in Australia.
September 6, 2013 0 comment
-
Coca-Cola takes on Aussie beer market with new distribution deal
Coca-Cola Amatil has struck a deal with Molson Coors, the world’s seventh largest brewer, to distribute a number of its beers in the Australian market.
August 20, 2013 0 comment
-
SunRice’s potential listing on ASX provokes shareholder fears
Shareholders of SunRice, one of Australia’s largest exporters of processed branded food products, have raised concerns over the potential foreign ownership of the company should it be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
August 15, 2013 0 comment
-
Cooks announces conditional purchase agreement of Progressive Processors
Cooks Food Group has announced that it has entered a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire fresh fruit and vegetable processor, Progressive Processors Limited.
August 12, 2013 0 comment
-
Coke snaps up Cascade
Coca-Cola has acquired the non-alcoholic beverage brand, Cascade, with the new, revitalised range hitting shelves in August.
July 4, 2013 0 comment
-
Bulla acquries Choc Top maker
Bulla Dairy Foods has acquired Rowena Foods, the maker of the iconic Choc Top ice cream.
July 4, 2013 4 comments
-
Treasury Wine Estates buys Brown Brothers
Australia’s biggest wine group, Treasury Wine Estates, has bought Brown Brothers’ White Hills vineyard in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.
July 4, 2013 7 comments
-
Gruppo Campari acquires Copack
Gruppo Campari has acquired contract beverage packer, Copack, for $20m.
July 2, 2013 12 comments
-
Pro-Pac Packaging buys Eco Food Pack Australia
National packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging, has acquired Eco Food Pack Australia, which develops and sells food packaging trays for fresh meat, seafood and poultry.
June 20, 2013 0 comment
-
America’s Smithfield Foods sold to Chinese meat processor
Smithfield Foods, one of America’s largest pork producers has been sold to one of China’s largest meat processors, Shuanghui International for US $4.7 b.
May 30, 2013 0 comment
-
“We’ll have nothing left to call our own”: Truss on ADM deal
Nationals leader Warren Truss is skeptical about future prospects for the Australian agricultural industry in light of the recent acquisition of GrainCorp by US food and grain corporation, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
May 6, 2013 0 comment
-
UK manufacturer to license Unilever’s wet sauces in Australia and NZ
Leading UK convenience food manufacturer, Symington’s, has announced that it has reached an agreement to license Unilever’s wet sauces portfolio in Australia and New Zealand.
May 3, 2013 0 comment
-
Struggling SA winery bought by Delegat
Barossa Valley Estate has been saved from receivership by Delegat’s recent acquisition of the struggling winemaker.
April 26, 2013 0 comment
-
Asahi buys Aussie brewer
Independent Distillers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese beverage giant Asahi, has snapped up local brewer Cricketers Arms as it expands its footprint in the local market.
April 24, 2013 0 comment
-
Capilano to enter WA market
Capilano Honey has announced it will acquire a number of WA honey company Wescobee’s assets.
November 26, 2012 0 comment
-
Pro-Pac acquires two companies
Continuing its consolidation strategy today Pro-Pac Packaging acquired the business and assets of Source and Sell and Stronghold wholesale.
November 19, 2012 0 comment