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Comings and goings

Spate of acquisitions, mergers continues into 2018 with Ferrero grabbing Nestle's U.S. confectionery business.
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Bernie Pacyniak
January 17, 2018

We are barely into the middle of January, and it’s already become clear that 2018 is going to be a whopper of a year for mergers and acquisitions. M&A’s, they call them.


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Nestlé sells U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero

Acquisition makes Ferrero Group third largest confectionery company in U.S. market.
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Alyse Thompson
January 16, 2018
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Nestlé S.A. will sell its U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero Group for $2.91 billion (CHF 2.8 billion), the company announced Tuesday.


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Nestlé could sell U.S. confectionery business

Switzerland-based company “exploring options” through review of U.S. market.
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Alyse Thompson
June 16, 2017
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Switzerland-based Nestlé S.A. says it’s “exploring strategic options” for its nearly $1-billion U.S. confectionery business, including a possible sale.


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Latest curiosity: Europeans establishing manufacturing beachheads here

Ferrero to acquire Fannie May; Haribo to build facility in Wisconsin
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Bernie Pacyniak
March 29, 2017
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What I find most interesting about these latest deals, however, is that this marks the first time that these two companies will be producing confections on U.S. soil, particularly since both of these involve giants who have production facilities scattered throughout the world.


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Russell Stover: How the chocolate company is evolving since being bought by Lindt

In acquiring Russell Stover Candies, Lindt & Sprüngli executives were impressed by the company's strong brands, its leadership positions in key categories and "content over noise" culture.
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Bernie Pacyniak
May 25, 2016
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On July 14, 2014, when the Lindt & Sprüngli Group announced that it was acquiring Russell Stover Candies, the news raised some eyebrows within the U.S. chocolate market.
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How will Lindt’s acquisition of Russell Stover change the U.S. premium chocolate segment?

Packaged Facts’ Research Director analyzes the merger
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July 23, 2014
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The acquisition will firmly establish Lindt as the No. 3 chocolate candy manufacturer in the U.S. market—still behind Hershey and Mars, but now firmly ahead of Swiss rival and global food leader Nestlé.
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