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Food & Drink - 1996
Ross Vegetable Products, the United Biscuits frozen vegetable products business, has undergone a £44m management buy-out.
18-Dec-1996
Bernard Matthews is acquiring Bernhard Bartsch, the German maker of cooked pork and turkey products, for £5m.
04-Nov-1996
S Daniels is acquiring Brash Brothers, the tea and coffee processor, for £1.85m.
23-Oct-1996
Albert Fisher, the fresh foods group, is selling its North American distribution business to a management buy-out for £73m.
11-Oct-1996
Brake Bros is to acquire DRV, the French supplier of chilled and frozen foods, for undisclosed terms.
31-Aug-1996
Unigate has sold its remaining US restaurant businesses to CKE Restaurants for $42m.
29-Aug-1996
Compass, the food services concern, is buying the food operations of Service America for £77m, making it the second largest contract caterer in the US.
27-Aug-1996
Bass is acquiring Allied Domecq's 50% stake in Carlsberg-Tetley for £200m, and Carlsberg is putting its 50% stake, as well as £20m, into Bass Brewers in exchange for a 20% stake in the enlarged subsidiary.
26-Aug-1996
Compass, the catering group, is acquiring Service America's dining and vending food service division for $119m.
26-Aug-1996
Denham Holdings is buying Carter Penguin, the confectionery business, from Armour Trust for about £4.3m.
27-Jul-1996
Continental Foods, the snacks and drinks business, is undergoing a £16m management buy-out.
13-Jul-1996
Unigate is buying Kraft Foods International's UK and Italian margarine business for £77m.
09-Jul-1996
Pillsbury, the Grand Metropolitan subsidiary, is buying Frescarini, the Brazilian maker of dough and fresh pasta, for undisclosed terms.
03-Jul-1996
Compass is acquiring Professional Food-Service Management, the Florida-based college caterer, for up to $26m.
03-Jul-1996
Dalgety Produce, the potato business, has been bought from Dalgety by management for £14.3m.
02-Jul-1996
Unigate is buying H Hargrave, the Lincolnshire-based pork processor, for £18m.
25-Jun-1996
Marriott International of the US has bought Russell & Brand, the UK contract caterer, for a price thought to be around £15m.
18-Jun-1996
Cadbury Schweppes has sold its 51% stake in Coca-Cola & Schweppes Beverages, its soft drinks production joint venture, to Coca-Cola Enterprises for about £700m.
05-Jun-1996
Unigate is selling its Black-eye Pea restaurant business in the US to DenAmerica for $65m.
04-Jun-1996
Hillsdown Holdings is buying Continental Bakeries, the European biscuit maker, from Allied Domecq for £49m.
22-May-1996
Warburtons, the bakery group, is selling its retail and pie manufacturing businesses to Lyndale Foods, a management buy-in, for undisclosed terms.
14-May-1996
Compass Group is buying Roberts Catering and Payne & Gunter, the sports catering businesses, for £6.5m.
10-May-1996
Geest has sold its Necta prepared pineapple operation, which has a factory in Costa Rica, to Pacific Asia Technologies, for up to $6.7m.
04-May-1996
CL Marsden Wafers of Wigan has been bought by a management buy-in team and will be renamed Rivington Foods.
04-May-1996
Walkers Snack Foods has sold Planters Nuts to a management buy-in team, as Walkers wants to concentrate on core brands.
30-Apr-1996
ED&F Man Group has bought a majority of the assets of Ravioli, the Polish processor of edible nuts and cocoa beans, for £3.7m.
18-Apr-1996
Compass has won shareholder support to acquire a controlling stake in Eurest France, the French contract caterer.
18-Apr-1996
Parkland Foods, the supplier of foods to convenience stores, has bought Dutch Oven, the baker based in Rowley Regis.
13-Apr-1996
Devro International, the maker of sausage casings, is selling its Devro America business to Nitta Gelatin of Japan for $26m.
10-Apr-1996
Cadbury Schweppes' Trebor Bassett subsidiary is acquiring Craven Keiller, the boiled sweets and popcorn company, from Portfolio Foods.
05-Apr-1996
S Daniels, the food ingredients concern, is acquiring Johnsons Fresh Products, the orange juice distributor, for £6.6m, and may follow it up with further acquisitions.
29-Mar-1996
HP Bulmer is buying Inch's, the privately-owned third biggest cider maker in the UK, for £23m.
26-Mar-1996
Global Group is buying Express Caterers for an initial £850k.
23-Mar-1996
Louis Dreyfus, the French commodities concern, has bought Anderson Clayton, the Brazilian oil miller, from Unilever for undisclosed terms.
22-Mar-1996
Hillsdown Holdings' HL Foods subsidiary is to buy the UK canning operations of Groupe Danone's HP Foods, including the North Walsham factory but not the HP Sauce brand.
21-Mar-1996
Yorkshire Food is to sell Scotia Group, its home baking business, to Hallco 63, part of a venture capital group, leaving it to focus on its Californian produce operations.
15-Mar-1996
SeaPerfect, the scallop and clam farmer, is expected to be sold to its largest shareholder, Mr Carlos Celle, to avoid liquidation.
12-Mar-1996
The catering division of Sims Food Group has been bought by a management buy-in buy-out team.
21-Feb-1996
Unilever is acquiring Consorcio Agro Industrial de Malloa, the Chilean food manufacturing group that is the leading tomato paste producer, for £66m.
15-Feb-1996
Unilever has bought a 75% stake in Lyons Irish Holdings, the tea company, from Allied Domecq for £74m.
02-Feb-1996
Allied Domecq is to sell Chacalli de Decker, the duty-free operation based in Antwerp, to Seabourne World Express.
02-Feb-1996
Kerry Group has bought Ciprial, the French maker of fruit-based food ingredients, for £52m.
27-Jan-1996
MD Foods, the Danish-owned dairy concern, is planning a 25% capacity increase in the UK over the next five years.
18-Jan-1996
Matthew Clark has bought Dunn & Moore, the Scottish delivered wholesale concern, for an initial £3.7m.
17-Jan-1996
Hillsdown has bought Nager Holdings, which gives it 91% of Hobson, the food and drink concern.
16-Jan-1996
Heinz has acquired Britwest, the Telford-based maker of single-serve condiments and drinks.
13-Jan-1996
Stateside Foods has acquired St Christopher Foods pizza business, and will transfer production from Skipton to Bolton.
13-Jan-1996
Global Group is buying Mawbeef Manufacturing, the Birmingham meat products company, and Ravencrown, the frozen food distributor.
13-Jan-1996
BOCM Pauls plans to buy Usborne's pig production operation for £7.4m.
04-Jan-1996
Unigate has acquired the Lovell bacon business from Booker for £20.2m.
03-Jan-1996