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40 food and drink transactions were recorded in the bevblog.net mergers and acquisitions database for August.
Six were valued at between $250 million and $500 million, with just one above that level:
Of the 40 total, nine were in alcohol, five in soft drinks, four in bakery, four in snacks, three in dairy and three in packaging.
21 were within national borders and 19 international, involving 22 countries. The United States featured in 18, the United Kingdom in 11, followed by Canada on three and France on three.
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