Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the food and drink sector reached a five-year peak in 2015 – even when stripping out the ‘mega-deal’ takeover of SABMiller by AB InBev – a report by legal firm Grant Thornton has found.
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By Noli Dinkovski
Source: Food Manufacture
The owner of Philadelphia cream cheese and Heinz Ketchup had predicted flat-to-positive organic net sales growth, but today it reported 2.5% organic growth for the quarter.
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