Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coca-Cola Iberian Partners' merger was valued at $5.6bn
There were some huge numbers in August’s 42 food and drink transactions recorded on the bevblog.net database. Six involved sums over $500m including two over $5bn:
Of the 42 total, eight were in alcohol, eight in soft drinks, four in packaging, four in snacks, three in equipment and three in ingredients.
No fewer than 25 involved the United States, including 18 entirely within the country. The United Kingdom participated in nine, Australia in nine and no others in more than two. 17 countries featured overall.
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