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Unilever agrees on worker protection deal following McCormick food merger
Unilever has agreed to protect the employment terms of workers across its European and British food business for two years following its planned merger with US spice maker McCormick, Reuters has reported.
McCormick outlines structure and leadership for combined Unilever Foods business
McCormick has unveiled the planned operating structure, executive team and secondary listing location for its proposed combination with Unilever’s Foods business.
CMA opens review of proposed merger between McCormick and Unilever
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an initial review into McCormick and Company’s proposed acquisition of Unilever’s food business.
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation may suspend operations amid Magnum Ice Cream Company dispute
The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation has announced that it will suspend operations at the end of this year unless it wins a favourable court ruling, after The Magnum Ice Cream Company allegedly evicted the charity from its offices and cut its funding.
Unilever expands Namdong noodle range with creamy cheese flavour
Unilever has expanded its Korean-inspired noodle brand Namdong with the launch of a new creamy cheese flavour, following the brand’s debut in 2025.
Unilever reportedly exploring bid for Thorne in potential $4bn deal – Financial Times
According to FT reporting, Unilever is exploring a bid for US-based supplements maker Thorne.
Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch consumer packaged goods company with brands across food and beverages, home care, and personal care and beauty. One of the world’s leading suppliers of FMCG products, Unilever says that on any given day 2.5 billion people – a third of the world’s population – will use at least one of its products.
The company was created in 1929 by the merger of Dutch margarine manufacturer Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers – hence the name ‘Unilever’. Unie itself was created by a merger between four different Dutch margarine companies – two of which had been profit sharing for 20 years before the merger – while Lever Brothers is today best-remembered for Port Sunlight, a model village in the northwest of England built for workers at its nearby soap factory, and their families.
Both Unie and Lever Brothers’ innovatively unorthodox approach to business is mirrored today in Unilever – for one, the company is dual-listed with headquarters in both London and Rotterdam and listings on both the Dutch and British stock exchanges.
Unilever is heavily active in ice cream, with brands like Breyers, Magnum, Ben & Jerry’s, Klondike and Carte d’Or; in condiments and sauces, with the likes of Hellmann’s, Knorr, Maille, Marmite and Colman’s; and in tea, where its labels include PG Tips, Lipton and Pure Leaf.
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