Mergers & Acquisitions

Pinnacle Foods Inc. will acquire Boulder Brands, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $975 million. The acquisition will expands Pinnacle's health and wellness portfolio.

U.S biopharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and Ireland-based Allergan plc announce they will merge, in a historic $160 billion deal that could allow Pfizer to escape U.S. corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Dublin.

Pork producer Smithfield Foods' Chief Executive Officer C. Larry Pope will retire December 31, 2015. Find out who will replace Pope as CEO.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announces plans to spin off its Lamb Weston frozen potato products business into a separate public company.

New Partners Deliver Digital Shopper Solution. News America Marketing, New York, has partnered with Boston-based programmatic advertising solution provider OwnerIQ on the release of a new product the two companies say is a powerful combination of geo-scoring and shopper data that is unique in the industry. 

Unilever East Africa has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Tatu City Limited for the acquisition of 70 acres of industrial land for future expansion of its manufacturing operations. Find out how this move is part of a stream of investment activities to drive growth in East Africa.

Barry Callebaut has acquired Nyonkopa to cover growing customer need for sustainable and traceable cocoa and the commercial beverages vending activities of FrieslandCampina Kievit.

Find out what TreeHouse Foods' acquisition of ConAgra Foods' private brands operations means for its private label operations.