Vin & Spirit, the Swedish manufacturer of Absolut Vodka, is to be put up for sale by the Swedish government as part of a sell-off of its interests in six companies. ... [more]

Universal, the New York listed tobacco company, has announced it is to divest its remaining non-tobacco agri-products businesses as part of a renewed strategic focus on its core tobacco businesses. Th... [more]

Pan Fish, the Norwegian fish farming group, has announced that it will sell its Scottish operations in 2007 due to competition concerns as a result of a merger with Dutch company Marine Harvest. ... [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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Cadbury Schweppes, the UK-based confectionery and beverage company, is tipped to sell or spin off its beverage division at some point in the future. Cadbruy's has a market capitalisation of $19.8bn. ... [more]

The private equity group CapVest, owned by frozen seafood business Youngs Bluecrest, is tipped to form a consortium to bid for Unilever's frozen food businesses, Birds Eye and Iglo, which are up for s... [more]

Northern Foods is understood to have been in talks with several financial advisers regarding the sale of some of its bakery businesses. The company, which manufactures supermarket branded goods includ... [more]

Mezzanine Management is reported to be selling its UK-based food company Red Mill Snack Foods, a division of Continental Foods. Red Mill's turnover for 2004/5 is an estimated £34m. Possible buyers are... [more]