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The current cycle of big food companies splitting up, getting together, and finding new ways to reach customers has the industry contemplating its future.
Warren Buffett’s $10 billion bet on the Kraft Heinz merger was meant to be a food-industry masterstroke. A decade later, the company is eyeing a breakup after losing over 60% in market value—raising ...
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Hidden among Kraft Heinz Co.’s brightly colored assets exists an unusual source of value: an over-funded pension plan.
The $52 bln enterprise may break up a decade after 3G Capital and Warren Buffett put ketchup and hot dogs together. Such ...
W hen Warren Buffett, a venerable investor, and 3G Capital, a private-equity firm, merged Kraft and Heinz in 2015 to create a ...
Kraft Heinz may spin off its Kraft-branded business in a $20bn deal, leaving a core focus on sauces and spreads. Bond markets ...
There is a precedent here — ironically from Chicago-based Mondelez. After Kraft was spun off, Mondelez retained the sexier ...
Kraft Heinz's struggles since the 2015 merger, including brand write-downs and declining sales, have eroded shareholder value ...
A “strategic transaction” proposition put forward by Kraft Heinz in May could well be about to emerge with a timely spin-off of assets.
With Kraft Heinz Co. reportedly considering a breakup of its business, some analysts believe more of its food-industry peers should do the same.
Consumers are shifting away from traditional packaged foods, pressuring Big Food companies like PepsiCo (PEP) and Kraft Heinz ...