Coca-Cola Co.'s decision to take UK smoothie and juice brand Innocent into the dairy alternatives market raised eyebrows but the move has garnered a largely positive reaction. Dean Best reports.
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This week, bakery business Aryzta announced it was in talks to invest in French frozen food retailer Picard while the M&A rumour mill span with reports Mondelez International is considering selling its rights to the Philadelphia brand. Elsewhere, The Real Good Food Co. said it was exploring options for its under-performing sugar business Napier Brown.
Innocent Drinks, the UK drinks group in which Coca-Cola Co. owns a majority stake, has decided to stop selling its veg and noodle pots, marking its exit from food.
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Smoothie and Veg Pots maker Innocent Drinks is expanding its presence in the chilled ready meals aisle with the launch of a line of South East Asian noodle pots. Asian…
Fresh Trading, the parent group of smoothie and Veg Pots maker Innocent Drinks, narrowed its losses and increased sales in 2009, boosted by significant investment outside of the UK. The…
Analysts believe The Coca-Cola Co. will ultimately want to buy Innocent Drinks outright, after raising its stake in the smoothie maker.Coca-Cola announced late last week (9 April) that it has…
The Coca-Cola Co. has upped its stake in smoothie maker Innocent Drinks to 58%.The deal involves Coca-Cola buying the shares of Innocent’s two original start-up investors, who want to retire,…
Food groups Nestle and Mars have remained silent over reports that they are interested in buying UK desserts firm Gü. It emerged last month that Gü was looking for investment in…
At a time of economic uncertainty – when our pages can sometimes make for gloomy reading – the confectionery sector was given cause for optimism last week, when two studies…
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