Metcash surprises with bid for Foodland chain
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Metcash Trading, Australia&#39;s largest grocery wholesaler, has made a surprise A$846m (US$661m) takeover bid for the local operations of Foodland Associated, the country&#39;s third largest
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The grocery chain is struggling to turn itself around. Will investors keep the faith?
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Smithfield Foods offered up a surprise in its earnings conference call.
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One natural foods supermarket will acquire another for $565 million.
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Foodland Associated Ltd., which owns supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand, said second-half profit rose 8 percent, boosted by sales of property to a real estate investment trust and reduced borrowing costs.
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Australasian grocer Foodland Associated which owns major chains in New Zealand says the hostile takeover bid by rival Metcash is complex and risky, and is urging shareholders not to act on the $920 million bid.
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By STAFF, Herald  New Zealand Dairies Ltd appears to have overcome its financial hurdle as nervous dairy farmers look on.   Last Friday the Herald broke the news the new dairy factory was saved by a last minute $24m deal from an overseas investor.
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Business & money: Â· Business reborn after new stock offer accepted  Â· Debt halved as vote ends difficult chapter for firm
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Australian stocks rose as Metcash Trading Ltd. had its biggest gain in almost four years after Citigroup Inc. raised the stock&#39;s rating, citing an offer to buy Foodland Associated Ltd.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Royal Bank of Scotland  and its partners have sweetened their 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , putting in more cash in an attempt to beat rival suitor Barclays .
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A rising player in the organic foods industry.
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By Matt Garfield, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 2--One of York County's most prominent companies is about to get a new competitor.
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METCASH stunned long-term suitor Foodland (FOA) yesterday with an audacious $846 million takeover bid to create a supermarket heavyweight better able to compete with its bigger rivals.
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Foodland Associated has been making inroads in New Zealand and this may help strengthen its position in Australia, where it faces fierce competition from bigger rivals, such as Coles.
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Shares in discount retailer Big Food Group leap more than 13% as the owner of the Iceland frozen food chain reveals it is in bid talks.