September recorded 52 food and drink industry transactions on the bevblog.net mergers and acquisitions database.
Three involved sums greater than $1 billion, two of them many times more:
Among the 52 total, 11 were in alcohol, eight in ingredients, six in packaging, six in soft drinks, three in confectionery and three in dairy.
21 were within national borders and 31 international. 26 featured the United States, 11 the United Kingdom, followed by France in 6, Switzerland in five, Germany in four, and Australia, Mexico and the Netherlands in three apiece.
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