Global venture fund Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is leading negotiations to buy into homegrown dessert and waffle chain The Belgian Waffle Co, after talks with ChrysCapital fell through last year, said people directly...
Tilaknagar Industries in talks to raise Rs 2,000 cr for Imperial Blue deal
Tilaknagar Industries, the maker of Mansion House brandy, is in talks with Standard Chartered, JP Morgan, and Nomura to raise about Rs 2,000 crore in debt to help finance its Rs 4,150-crore purchase of the Imperial Blue...
Goldman Sachs poised to buy into ice cream maker Froneri at $17 billion valuation, FT says
Goldman Sachs is poised to buy into ice cream maker Froneri at a 15-billion-euro ($17.13 billion) valuation including debt, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The...
Reliance Consumer in talks to acquire majority stake in Baidyanath’s Shunya drinks brand
Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL) is in advanced talks to buy a majority stake in Baidyanath Group-owned Naturedge Beverages’ premium fruit drink brand Shunya, said executives aware of the development. Shunya...
Tilaknagar Industries acquires Imperial Blue from Pernod Ricard
Tilaknagar Industries has signed an agreement to acquire the Imperial Blue whisky brand in India from France’s Pernod Ricard for about Rs4150 crore in an all-cash deal, entering the whiskey segment which accounts for...
Tilaknagar to acquire Pernod Ricard’s Imperial Blue whiskey, announcement likely on Wednesday
Tilaknagar Industries will likely acquire the Imperial Blue whiskey brand in India from France’s Pernod Ricard on Wednesday, said people in the know. On Wednesday, the board of Tilaknagar—which sells Mansion House...
Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital scoops up bakery chain Theobroma in ₹2,410-crore deal
Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital has agreed to acquire pan-India bakery chain Theobroma Foods for ₹2,410 crore, said people with knowledge of the matter. According to an agreement signed between the parties...
Coca-Cola bottler Kandhari acquires Wave Beverages
One of Coca-Cola’s top bottling partners in India, Kandhari Global Beverages, has acquired Wave Beverages’ bottling operations for the American soft-drinks maker for about ₹1,000 crore, people directly aware...
Tilaknagar Industries in talks to acquire Imperial Blue from Pernod Ricard
Mansion House brandy maker Tilaknagar Industries has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Imperial Blue whisky from French spirits group Pernod Ricard, Moneycontrol reported on Monday, citing sources. The...
Luxmi Group acquires majority stake in UK-based Brew Tea Co
Kolkata-based Luxmi Group, which owns the iconic Makaibari Darjeeling brand, on Tuesday announced that it has acquired a majority stake in UK-based Brew Tea Co, a fast-growing firm which focuses on whole-leaf teas and...
KKR to acquire Australian chicken grower ProTen from Aware Super
Private equity group KKR will acquire ProTen, one of Australia’s largest broiler chicken growers, from pension fund Aware Super, the parties said in a joint statement on Wednesday without disclosing financial...
Italy’s Campari to sell Cinzano and Frattina brands for $117 million
Italian spirits group Campari has agreed to sell its historic Cinzano vermouth and its Frattina grappa brands to domestic rival Caffo Group 1915 for 100 million euros ($117 million), it said on Thursday. Founded in...
