07 Nov 2000
US confectionery giant Hershey Foods has bought Nabisco’s mints and gum business for 135m cash....LONDON (Brand Republic) – US confectionery giant Hershey Foods has bought Nabisco’s mints and gum business for 135m cash.
Hershey takes over the Ice Breakers and Breath Savers Cool Blast mints brands which, along with others, achieved sales of 270m in 1999. It has also acquired a gum manufacturing ...
06 Nov 2000
-Cola or UK drinks and confectionery company Cadbury Schweppes after it rejected a 14bn takeover from PepsiCo....LONDON (Brand Republic) - US food firm Quaker Oats could be snapped up by French rival Danone, US drinks giant Coca-Cola or UK drinks and confectionery company Cadbury Schweppes after it rejected a 14bn takeover from PepsiCo.
Quaker Oats owns the Gatorade sport drink brand, the largest in the US ...
26 Oct 2000
. It will compete with the country’s leading confectionery manufacturer Ferrero Rocher.
BBDO is one of a trio ...
18 Sep 2000
to look for suitable drinks and confectionery businesses to build further sales.
Triarc bought ...
27 Jul 2000
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last year’s figure of 1.8bn
Brock said Cadbury was seeking other acquisitions in confectionery ...
and Mexico had been abandoned due to regulatory requirements.
Although confectionery sales were sluggish ...