Baby food: brands versus own label

By: Dean Best

Baby food: brands versus own label

What impact will the sale of the biggest own-label baby food business in the US have on the category?

Perrigo faces infant-formula brands after PBM buy

25 March 2010

The world of infant formula attracted the attention of M&A commentators this week with the proposed sale of own-label group PBM to healthcare giant Perrigo Co. The downturn has made private label more popular but, as Dean Best finds, infant formula is dominated by big brands - and their power is unlikely dented too much by the sale of PBM.

US: Own-label baby-formula firm PBM sold

23 March 2010

PBM, the US baby food business, is to be sold to healthcare giant Perrigo Co. for US$808m, it was announced today (23 March).

US: Mead Johnson books “solid” FY results

28 January 2010

US baby food Mead Johnson booked “solid” full-year results today (28 January) and upped its earnings guidance for 2010.

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