TreeHouse Foods

2020 – The year in food industry M&A

22 Dec 2020

Andy Coyne looks at significant transactions and emerging themes in merger, acquisition and investment activity in the global food sector during a year like no other.

TreeHouse insists margins, not pantry-loading, drove move for Ebro pasta assets

9 Nov 2020

TreeHouse Foods CEO Steven Oakland has provided more commentary around last week's deal to acquire pasta assets from Ebro Foods.

TreeHouse Foods to acquire US pasta brands from Ebro Foods

5 Nov 2020

US private-label manufacturer TreeHouse Foods has acquired a batch of pasta brands sold in its domestic market.

Covid-19 food industry updates – Friday 18 September (free to read)

18 Sep 2020

just-food is providing daily updates on how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the world's packaged food sector.

TreeHouse Foods resumes bid to sell cereal arm

10 Aug 2020

TreeHouse Foods has given investors an update on the future of its ready-to-eat cereal business, which the US private-label manufacturer tried to sell last year.

TreeHouse Foods restructures business units to drive margins, innovation

27 Feb 2020

TreeHouse Foods, the largest private-label supplier in the US, plans to reorganise its operations into two business units.

TreeHouse Foods confirms William Kelley as permanent finance chief

13 Feb 2020

US private-label giant TreeHouse Foods has confirmed the name of the person who will be its new permanent chief financial officer (CFO).

What’s next after Post, TreeHouse rip up cereal deal plan?

15 Jan 2020

Post Holdings and TreeHouse Foods have called time on their proposed breakfast-cereal transaction amid opposition from US competition officials. What are their options now?

TreeHouse cereal business back on sale after Post pulls plug on deal

14 Jan 2020

Weetabix owner Post Holdings has come to a decision on whether to pursue plans to buy local peer TreeHouse Foods' ready-to-eat cereal business.

TreeHouse Foods sells bakery assets to Rich Products

13 Jan 2020

US-based private-label products giant TreeHouse Foods is selling two in-store bakery facilities to a local peer, it has announced.

Post's bid to buy TreeHouse's cereal business scuppered by FTC

20 Dec 2019

Weetabix-owner Post Holdings' bid to buy US FMCG peer TreeHouse Foods' ready-to-eat cereal business has been ruled on by consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

2019 - The year in food industry M&A

11 Dec 2019

Andy Coyne looks at significant transactions and emerging themes in merger, acquisition and investment activity in the global food sector during 2019.

Post Holdings unhappy with cereal deal delay

25 Nov 2019

US food company Post Holdings has again expressed its disappointment that the country's consumer watchdog has yet to ratify a deal it agreed back in May.

TreeHouse Foods cuts earnings outlook, names interim CFO

7 Nov 2019

US-based TreeHouse Foods has announced it has appointed an interim chief financial officer and cut its EPS outllook.

TreeHouse Foods appoints former Hershey executive Amit Philip as chief strategy officer

9 Sep 2019

TreeHouse Foods, the largest private-label manufacturer in the US, has appointed a former Hershey executive as chief strategy officer.

Disposals make TreeHouse "less volatile", CEO says

2 Aug 2019

TreeHouse Foods CEO Steve Oakland has updated analysts on the US-based private label giant's restructuring programme, which is due to complete next year.

Post and TreeHouse "disappointed" by cereal deal delay

23 Jul 2019

US groups Post Holdings and TreeHouse Foods have issued an update on the deal for Post to buy TreeHouse's ready-to-eat cereal business.

TreeHouse sells snacks for peanuts - but disposal welcomed

10 Jul 2019

TreeHouse Foods has sold its snacks arm for US$90m - a business the US private-label supplier bought for $860m five years ago. But Wall Street has welcomed the move.

TreeHouse Foods sells snacks division to Atlas Holdings for $90m

9 Jul 2019

TreeHouse Foods has reached an agreement to sell its snacks operations having put the business up for sale last year.

TreeHouse Foods sells ready-to-eat cereal business to peer Post Holdings

2 May 2019

TreeHouse Foods is selling its ready-to-eat cereal business as the largest private-label business in the US continues with a strategy to optimise its portfolio.

TreeHouse Foods to close Minneapolis snacks facility

2 May 2019

US private-label giant TreeHouse Foods has announced its intention to close a domestic snacks facility by the end of the third quarter.

TreeHouse Foods warns plenty of work still to do

15 Feb 2019

TreeHouse Foods, the largest private-label supplier in the US, has updated analysts on its rationalisation work.

The most-read analysis on just-food in 2018

17 Dec 2018

just-food's most-read analysis of 2018 took in company strategy, financial results, the foodservice market, NPD and sustainability.

TreeHouse Foods confirms plan to sell US snack business

12 Dec 2018

US-based private-label supplier TreeHouse Foods confirms plan for another business disposal under new chief executive.

TreeHouse Foods said to be eyeing Flagstone business disposal

19 Nov 2018

US private-label supplier TreeHouse Foods, which is in the midst of a transformation programme under newly-installed chief executive Steven Oakland, is said to be eyeing another business disposal.

TreeHouse Foods expects profit margin acceleration

5 Nov 2018

TreeHouse Foods expects an improvement in profit margins to accelerate next year as the largest private-label supplier in the US makes further progress toward achieving its end-of-decade targets.

TreeHouse Foods to close Nebraska office under 2020 strategy

19 Jul 2018

TreeHouse Foods, the largest private-label supplier in the US, plans to close its office in Omaha, Nebraska, by the end of January as part of its multi-year restructuring programme.

TreeHouse Foods sells McCann's Irish Oatmeal to B&G Foods

17 Jul 2018

US-based TreeHouse Foods has sold its McCann's Irish Oatmeal brand to local peer B&G Foods for US$32m.

TreeHouse Foods' CEO Steven Oakland faces turnaround challenge

7 May 2018

New TreeHouse Foods chief Steven Oakland has only been in the hot seat at the US own-label supplier for a matter of weeks but, despite better-than-expected underlying earnings per share, the company's results for the first quarter of 2018 gave an indication of the challenge ahead. Simon Harvey reports.

Can new CEO Steven Oakland rebuild TreeHouse Foods?

8 Mar 2018

TreeHouse Foods has hired industry veteran Steven Oakland to rescue what has become a sinking ship under the weight of its acquisition of the then ConAgra Foods' private-label arm in 2016. Simon Harvey looks at the job in hand for the former J.M. Smucker chief executive, who inherits a transformation programme still in its infancy and losses of more than US$200m.