Foods / beverages
China orders nationwide spot check on restaurants over meat sourced from Shanghai Husi Food Co
22 Jul 2014
Starbucks to pay tuition for employees to graduate
17 Jun 2014
Apart from paying ts employees to graduate, Starbucks does not force them to commit to stay with the company after they graduate
Pilgrim's Pride raises offer for Hillshire Brands to $7.7 bn
04 Jun 2014
The battle for control of US packaged food company Hillshire Brands Co escalated yesterday after Pilgrim's Pride Corp outbid Tyson Foods by raising its buyout offer
Tyson Foods enters bidding war with $6.2-bn offer for Hillshire Brands
30 May 2014
US meat processor Tyson Foods Inc yesterday offered to buy packaged food company Hillshire Brands Co for $6.2 billion in cash, setting up a bidding war with Pilgrim's Pride Corp, the world's second-largest chicken producer
US chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride to buy Hillshire Brands for $6.4 bn
28 May 2014
The deal comes two weeks after Hillshire agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods Inc from private equity firm Blackstone Group, for $4.3-billion in cash and stock
Unilever to sell Ragu, Bertolli pasta brands to Japan’s Mizkan for $2.15 bn
22 May 2014
Unilever Plc today struck a deal to sell its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Japan’s Mizkan Group
Sara Lee spinoff Hillshire to buy Pinnacle Foods from Blackstone for $6.6-bn
12 May 2014
On a combined basis, the companies will have leading positions in key frozen, refrigerated and center of store grocery categories
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