Flavour, foodservice, markets – six takeaways as McCormick sets out stall after Unilever deal [Yahoo! Finance]
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Foley told analysts yesterday (31 March) after unveiling perhaps the most eye-catching piece of M&A in food in the last decade. “Today marks a major milestone for McCormick. We are bringing together two leading organisations, McCormick and Unilever Foods, to create a strong, scaled and growth-oriented company that will be flavour-focused and exceptionally well positioned to succeed in today's dynamic environment.” The share prices of both companies declined after they announced, at 1pm UK, a deal to bring together the US spices and sauces group with the bulk of the food assets of one of the world's largest consumer-goods businesses. Foley and CFO Marcos Gabriel – who will both stay and lead the new company – talked up the prospects of a business both in terms of revenue growth but the “cost synergies” that they say can be derived from the deal. Unilever CEO Fernando Fernandez, meanwhile, was also on hand to say not just that the transaction is part of the FMCG giant's recent m
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