Acquisition

Hain Celestial is selling most of its international business to AURELIUS for $323 million

Ella's Kitchen, Hartley's, Linda McCartney Foods and New Covent Garden soups move to private equity owner AURELIUS in an all-cash deal announced Sept. 14.

Top 100 beverage companies report calls mergers and acquisitions the new normal

Beverage Industry's Top 100 lost familiar names to M&A, Hain Celestial is selling a $323M unit, and this week's launches lean on limited editions.

Yellow Wood to Acquire Nestlé's Nature's Bounty Platform for $1B

Yellow Wood Partners agreed to buy Nestlé's vitamins and supplements brands, including Nature's Bounty, for $1 billion, closing expected in 1H 2027.

Sweetmore’s Fantasy Baking deal shows food M&A is buying plant capacity

A late-August run of deals points to a practical target: more lines, more sites, and faster fulfillment.

Food plants are borrowing the “expand capability” playbook from heavy manufacturing, one acquisition and one new dairy site at a time

Revolution Foods’ Ardella’s deal and fairlife’s Webster, NY plant opening point to a common operator priority: capacity plus capability, with tighter specs on q

Food processors’ August deal and capex moves are converging on one constraint: contracted capacity has to flex with menu change

Revolution Foods’ Ardella’s buy and ADM’s $16M Kentucky colors expansion land in the same ops reality: capacity planning is now demand planning.

The Produce Distribution Industry Needs Flexibility, Empathy, and a New Generation of Talent

Produce distributors must rethink operations and attract fresh talent to survive tightening margins and mounting supply chain pressures