Danone offers $16.8b for baby food firm
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Groupe Danone SA, the maker of Dannon yogurt and Evian waters, is strengthening its baby food business with a bid yesterday to buy Royal Numico NV for $16.8 billion.
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Operazione da 6 mld dollari per distributore alimentare
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French food giant Danone is to launch a takeover offer for Dutch baby food group Numico worth 12.3 billion euros (16.7 billion dollars), the companies said Monday.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Private equity and trade buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's  3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.
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The Dannon Company, the White Plains, New York-based subsidiary of Groupe Danone, has been named 2006 processor of the year by US dairy industry trade publication, Dairy Foods.
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SYDNEY : South African-based Metcash Trading Ltd announced it intended to make an 846 million dollars (660 million US) off-market takeover offer for the Australian operations of Foodland Associated Ltd.
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The LU biscuits division of French food  group Danone  is due to meet trade union  representatives on Tuesday to discuss possible changes at LU, a  trade union source said, amid rumors the unit might be sold.
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The Dannon Company, Inc. today was named 2006 Processor of the Year by Dairy  Foods, the leading trade publication for the U.S. dairy industry.
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Nestle , the world's largest food group, is buying the medical nutrition business of Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis AG  for $2.525 billion, the companies said on Thursday.
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Wrigley today announced plans to buy those brands from Kraft Foods for one-point-four-eight (B) billion dollars. The sale includes the Life Savers, Creme Savers and Altoids brands, as well as several local
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Danone is in talks to sell its biscuit and cereal unit to the world's biggest biscuit maker, Kraft Foods.
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Australian dairy group National Foods says its shares are worth up to 22% more than a hostile $A1.6 billion takeover offer by New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra.
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MaggieMoo's, the Columbia ice cream chain famous for its sassy bovine mascot with thick eyelashes and a pearl necklace, has agreed to sell itself for $16 million and a future full of promise -- licensed toys, children's wear, maybe even a music album.
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Metcash Trading Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest grocery wholesaler, offered to buy Foodland Associated Ltd.&#39;s Australian business for A$846 million ($660 million), completing a nationwide distribution
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MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. -- Pinnacle Foods Group Inc., the privately held owner of Duncan Hines baking mixes, Hungry Man and Swanson frozen dinners and Vlasic pickles, has agreed to be acquired by a group led by the buyout specialist Blackstone Group in a deal the companies valued at about $2.16...
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The LU biscuits division of French food group Danone  is due to meet trade union representatives on Tuesday to discuss possible changes at LU, a trade union source said, amid rumors the unit might be sold.
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French dairy giant Groupe Danone and China's market leader in liquid milk, China Mengniu Dairy Company, have signed a joint venture agreement to cooperate in the production and distribution of fresh dairy products in China.