The CEO of London café chain Apostrophe has revealed that he would consider selling the business for a substantial amount of money. Amir Chen also said he would consider outside funding for the compan... [more]

Compass Plc, the world's largest catering group, has put its Selecta vending machine business up for sale and announced plans to withdraw from around 30 of the 90 countries in which it operates.... [more]

Blavod Extreme Spirits Plc, the creators of black vodka, could be up for sale after receiving and signing a letter of intent from an unidentified Nasdaq-listed company. ... [more]

Discovery Foods, the UK-based producer of Mexican foods, has hired Stamford Partners to explore a sale of at least part of the business.... [more]

UK biscuit maker Burton's Foods could reportedly be put up for sale after owners Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst hired Stamford Partners to conduct a strategic review of the business. The US private equit... [more]

Northern Foods, the UK-listed food group, has agreed to sell its speciality bread, chilled pastry, cakes and flour milling businesses to Vision Capital for £160m.... [more]

Dairy Crest, the UK dairy foods company whose brands include Cathedral City and Country Life, is to enter the European market with the acquisition of French and Italian spread business St Hubert.... [more]

Cranswick has acquired Delico, the Milton Keynes-based manufacturer of pre-packed cooked meats, for £17.9m. The purchase consists of £14.3 mln stg cash and 479,000 Cranswick shares. Delico had a preta... [more]

Tate & Lyle, the UK-based sugar producer, has announced plans to put all or part of its food and industrial ingredients business up for sale in the wake of recent EU sugar reforms. ... [more]

United Biscuits, the biscuits and snacks manufacturer with 7,500 staff at sites in Liverpool, Leicester, Rotherham, Ashby, Carlisle and Manchester, is to be acquired by a consortium of private equity ... [more]

Foster's Group, the Australian beverage company most famous for its Foster's Lager, has announced that the sale process for its global wine clubs and services division is underway.... [more]

The sale of United Biscuits by its private equity owners Cinven, MidOcean and PIA may be postponed or cancelled following the withdrawal of Premier Foods from the auction process. The only remaining b... [more]

Dutch mushroom producer Heveco is to sell or close down its UK division after it recorded losses of €5m last year. CEO Jan Stadig believes that the Dutch division could still be profitable, but the UK... [more]

The sale of St Hubert, the spread business currently owned by UK-llisted food group Uniq, could fetch as much as EUR 400m according to sources. There have reportedly been 15 first round bids submitted... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes may pursue acquisitions or sell beverage operations, according to reports. Analysts expect that the company will sell its beverage unit given that its main core business is sweets an... [more]

Northern Foods has sold NFT Distribution, the Alfreton-based transport business with 1,200 staff, to a management buy-out backed by Phoenix Equity Partners for £51.2m. NFT's existing managing director... [more]

Unilever, the UK-listed consumer retail group, may find itself pressurised to dispose of its food division according to reports. A Citigroup note advised clients that sustained under-performing result... [more]

Chocolate retailer Thorntons could be broken up by Icelandic Baugur, which is in early stage of talks to buy the company. If Baugur succeeds it plans to sell the Derbyshire factory. Thorntons has i... [more]

Pan Fish, the listed Norwegian fishing company, rejects speculation that its merger with private Dutch fish-farmer, Marine Harvest, could be stopped by UK competition authorities wish to investigate t... [more]

Northern Foods, the UK-listed comestibles group, has hired KPMG Corporate Finance to handle the disposal of some of its assets, it has been reported. The Smiths' business, which mills flour, and the s... [more]