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Tim Hortons owner reported near deal to buy Popeyes

By greg-roumeliotis, Lauren Hirsch February 20, 2017

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International, owner of the Burger King and Tim Hortons fast food chains, is nearing a deal to acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The deal, which will likely value Popeyes at more than US$1.7 billion, is a bet by Oakville, Ont.-based Restaurant Brands that it can […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Austere empire-building weighs on Kraft’s Unilever bid

By Lauren Hirsch, Michael Flaherty February 18, 2017

Reuters — Buyout firm 3G Capital managed to build a consumer empire with a market value of over US$140 billion in just seven years. Yet its ruthless approach to costs may end up hampering 3G-backed Kraft Heinz’s US$143 billion bid for Unilever Plc. 3G made its name in corporate America by orchestrating large debt-laden acquisitions […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Reuters

SABMiller rejects Labatt owner’s takeover approach

By Martinne Geller, Philip Blenkinsop October 7, 2015

Brussels/London | Reuters –– SABMiller, the world’s second largest brewer, has promptly rejected an improved takeover proposal from Anheuser-Busch InBev, saying its 68 billion-pound (C$136 billion) valuation was “very substantially” under par. Refusal of the offer, made public Wednesday after earlier proposals were refused privately, opens the door to a week of intense wrangling before […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Labatt owner AB InBev seeks US$275B tie-up with SABMiller

By Martinne Geller, Philip Blenkinsop September 16, 2015

Brussels/London | Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a colossus producing a third of the world’s beer. A merged group would have a market value of around US$275 billion (C$363 billion) at current prices, and would combine AB InBev’s dominance of Latin America […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

By Reuters August 12, 2015

Reuters — Kraft Heinz Co. said it will eliminate 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, including about 700 at its Chicago-area headquarters. Heinz, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital — known as an aggressive cost-cutter — combined with Kraft in March in a $46 billion deal that […] Read more

Major flour miller to buy U.S. chickpea processor

Wet or dry spring ahead? Depends on where in Canada

Spanish report calls for cull of over 850 cattle on pariah ship

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Major flour miller to buy U.S. chickpea processor

Wet or dry spring ahead? Depends on where in Canada

Spanish report calls for cull of over 850 cattle on pariah ship

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Tim Hortons owner reported near deal to buy Popeyes

Austere empire-building weighs on Kraft’s Unilever bid

SABMiller rejects Labatt owner’s takeover approach

Labatt owner AB InBev seeks US$275B tie-up with SABMiller

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

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