Benchmarks: Food, Consumer Products, Paper & Packaging

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food, consumer products, paper, packaging

This page provides some benchmarks for acquisitions and disposals during the telecommunication booms and busts of the past twenty years.

It covers -

food
beverage
consumer products and fashion
paper and packaging

food

Food sector landmarks include -

HJ Heinz agrees to sell its European seafood business to Lehman Bros for US$507m in 2006
Royal Numico agrees to buy East Asiatic's nutrition businesses
for €1.2bn in 2005
Bain Capital, Carlyle and Thomas H Lee acquire Dunkin' Brands (Dunkin' Donuts) from Pernod Ricard for US$2.4bn in 2005
HJ Heinz buys HP Foods Group from Groupe Danone for US$820m in 2005
San Miguel buys National Foods for $1.9bn in 2005
Burns Philp sells international yeast, herbs and bakery business to Associated British Foods for £730m in 2004
Burns Philp buys Goodman Fielder for $1.9bn in 2003
Mars buys 56% of Royal Canin for US$696m
Nestle buys Ralston Purina for US$10.3bn in 2001
Monsanto sells edible gum business for US$685m in 2000
Unilever sells European sauces business to Campbell Soup for £633m on 2000
Philip Morris acquires Nabisco Holdings for US$14.9bn in 2000
PepsiCo buys Quaker Oats for US$13.4bn in 2000
Diageo sells Pillsbury to General Mills for US$10bn in 2000
Unilever acquires Bestfoods for US$24bn in 2000
Clorox buys First Brands for US$2bn in 1999
Cargill buys Continental Grain for US$1bn in 1999
Kraft General Foods buys Jacobs Suchard for US$4.1bn in 1993

Historic events include -

Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts US$24bn LBO of RJR Nabisco in 1989
Philip Morris buys Kraft for US$13bn in 1988
Nestle acquires Rowntree for £2.5bn in 1988
Beatrice acquires Esmark for US$2.7bn in 1984
BSN merges with Gervais Danone in 1973
United Biscuits formed through merger of McVitie & Price and McFarlane Lang in 1948
Abram Lyle & Sons merges with Henry Tate & Sons as Tate & Lyle in 1921

beverage

Beverage sector landmarks include -

Molson-Coors sells 68% of Kaiser to FEMSA for US$68m in 2006
Cadbury Schweppes sells European beverages unit to Lion Capital and Blackstone Group for €1.85bn in 2005
Adolph Coors merges with Molson in 2005 in US$6bn deal
Pernod Ricard acquires Allied Domecq for US$13bn in 2005
Fosters buys Southcorp for $2.5bn in 2005
Interbrew and AmBev merge in US$11.4bn deal in 2005
SABMiller pays US$7.8bn for Grupo Empresarial Bavaria in 2005
Fomento Economico Mexicano buys Panamerican Beverages for US$3.6bn in 2004
Constellation Brands buys Robert Mondavi for US$1.36bn in 2003
Constellation pays US$1.1bn for BRL Hardy in 2003
Philip Morris merges Miller Brewing with South African Breweries in US$5.6bn deal in 2002
Molson buys Kaiser (Brazil) for US$765m in 2002
Southcorp pays $1.5bn for Rosemount in 2001
Hick Muse sells Mumm and Perrier-Jouët to Allied Domecq for £346m in 2000
Groupe Danone pays US$1.1bn for McKesson Water in 2000
Quaker Oats sells Snapple to Triarc for US$300m in 1998
Seagram sells Tropicana to PepsiCo for US$3bn in 1998
Guinness and Grand Metropolitan merge in £24bn deal in 1997
Quaker Oats buys Snapple for US$1.7bn in 1994
Bacardi pays US$2bn for Martini & Rosso in 1993
Bond pays US$1.3bn for G. Heileman Brewing in 1987
Bond pays $1.2bn for Castlemaine-Toohey's in 1985

consumer products and fashion

Consumer product landmarks include -

Tommy Hilfiger acquired by Apax Partners for US$1.6bn in 2005
Kao buys Kanebo Cosmetics for US$2.4bn in 2005
Procter & Gamble acquires Gillette for US$57bn in 2005
Reckitt Benckiser acquires Boots Healthcare International from Boots Group for £1.9bn in 2005
Adidas buys Reebok for €3.1bn in 2005
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute buys Gucci group for €7.2bn in 2004
Koch acquires Invista (Lycra, Stainmaster and Coolmax) from DuPont for US$4.2bn in 2004
Procter & Gamble acquires Wella for US$4.5bn in 2003
Newell buy Rubbermaid for US$5.8bn in 1998
American Home Products acquires American Cyanamid for US$9bn in 1996
LBO of RJR Nabisco for US$25bn in 1988

paper and packaging

Paper, pulp and packaging landmarks include -

Canfor buys New South Companies for US$205m in 2006
Georgia-Pacific acquired by Koch Industries for US$13.2bn in 2005
Madison Dearborn buys Boise Cascade for US$3.7bn in 2004
AssiDoman sells corrugated and containerboard operations to Kappa Holdings for US$1bn in 2001
Georgia-Pacific buys Fort James for US$11bn in 2000
Stora Enso Oyj buys Consolidated Papers for US$4.8bn in 2000
International Paper acquires Champion International for US$7.3bn in 2000
International Paper buys Union Camp for US$6.6bn in 1998
Stone Container and US arm of Jefferson Smurfit merge as Smurfit-Stone in US$11bn deal in 1998
James River buys Fort Howard for US$6.9bn in 1997
Crown Cork & Seal buys Carnaud Metalbox for £3.2bn in 1995
De La Rue pays £682m for Portals in 1994
Tetra Pak buys Alfa Laval for SK16bn in 1991
Georgia-Pacific buys Great Northern Nekoosa for US$5.4bn in 1990
Svenska Cellulosa pays £1.05bn for Reedpack in 1990

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