Foods / beverages
Nestle close to buying Pfizer’s infant nutrition business for $9 billion
18 Apr 2012
Pfizer acquired the infant-nutrition division in its $68-billion takeover of Wyeth in 2009, and since early July 2011, has been planning to divst it and focus on its core biopharmaceutical products
Coffee Day to face Starbucks in expanded Squares
09 Apr 2012
Burger King strikes $1.4-bn deal to go public again on NYSE
04 Apr 2012
Burger King, the world's second largest hamburger chain, yesterday said that it will go public, less than two years after it agreed to be taken private by buyout firm 3G Capital Management
Kraft coins name for snacks company - Mondelez International
22 Mar 2012
Kraft Foods, owner of UK chocolate maker Cadbury, yesterday announced that its post-spinoff global snacks company would be named Mondelez International
Beer or iced tea? Now you can have both!
07 Mar 2012
Bunge to acquire UK’s Climate Change Capital
23 Feb 2012
Nestle, Danone in lead for Pfizer's $10-bn Wyeth baby nutrition business
07 Feb 2012
Pfizer acquired the infant-nutrition division in its $68-billion takeover of Wyeth in 2009, and since early July 2011 has been exploring alternative divestment options
Tata Global Beverages-Starbucks JV plans Starbucks cafes across India
30 Jan 2012
The joint venture, which will own and operate Starbucks cafés, will be branded `Starbucks Coffee - A Tata Alliance’
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