All Mergers & Acquisitions articles – Page 50
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ArticleFresh Direct and Coopers Produce merge
Coopers Produce has merged with Fresh Direct (UK) while one of the UK fresh produce trade’s leading figures has stepped down from his role as a director at Fresh Direct.
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ArticlePreva Produce acquires Blanchard Agriculture
Norfolk-based potato business Preva Produce Ltd has acquired Blanchard Agriculture Ltd as it looks to further grow its business
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UK produce businesses on the brink
There are now 61 companies in the UK fresh produce industry that are “zombie” businesses who have seen their performance deteriorate to such as extent that they now exist merely to pay off their debts and survive, according to new analysis.
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ArticleProduce World forecasts acquisitions
One of the UK’s largest produce traders has forecast a spate of mergers and acquisitions but warned companies must be more realistic about their worth.
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Staffline acquires labour provider
HR specialist Staffline has acquired the trade and assets of DKM Labour Solutions, a Nottingham-based provider of recruitment solutions across the UK, from the joint administrators in a pre-pack deal.
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Borough bod joins Covent Garden
The Covent Garden Real Food Market in London has poached market manager Chris Denning from Borough Market to head up its own Saturday fresh produce offering.
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ArticleFurther produce acquisitions lie ahead
Ailing fresh produce businesses need to “groom themselves for sale” to retain what value is left in their firms ahead of a wave of acquisitions, according to an industry analyst.
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Logistics firm enters administration
CCG Logistics (UK) Ltd went into administration on March 22.
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Stemilt and Dovex join forces
US cherry grower and marketer Stemilt has joined forces with Dovex Fruit Company to boost its product range and capacity.
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ArticleWaitrose readies to Eat up chain
Waitrose is in talks to take over sandwich bar chain Eat as part of its extensive expansion plans.
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Gist acquires G&S International
Supply chain specialist Gist has taken over temperature-controlled distribution operator G&S International.
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ArticleFresh produce could lead M&A activity
Recovery in mergers and acquisitions in the food and drink sector are likely to be spearheaded by fresh produce in 2010, as the trade heads for recovery.
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ArticleProduce trade emerges from malaise
There are early signs that the fresh produce industry is slowly emerging from the malaise of the last two years, according to new research.
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Staffline acquires Peter Rowley Ltd
Staffline has announced it has acquired Peter Rowley Limited a training provider with its principal and namesake set to work with Staffline for a minimum period of two years.
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ArticleTotal Produce acquires Utopia
Total Produce has announced it has reached an agreement with the administrator to acquire the trade and assets of Utopia UK Ltd.
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ArticleMarket Intelligence acquires FPJ publisher
Market Intelligence Ltd, the publisher of Eurofruit Magazine, Asiafruit Magazine and Americafruit Magazine, has announced that it has acquired Lockwood Press Limited.
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ArticleMusgrave completes Budgens rebrand
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has completed the rebranding to Budgens of the 13 stores it acquired from the Co-operative Group earlier this year.
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Staffline acquires The Workplace
Recruitment and human resources specialist Staffline has acquired Yorkshire-based recruitment company The Workplace.
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LC Packaging acquires Image
Netherlands-based packaging company LC Packaging has acquired Image Packaging Ltd, forming new company Image Flexibles (UK) Ltd in the process.
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Fyffes acquires pines farm
Multi-national fruit supplier Fyffes has bought a pineapple plantation in Panama in a deal worth $8 million (£5.2m).