The biggest was ThaiBev’s $11,200m purchase of Singapore’s Fraser & Neave.
Then came three large Coca-Cola bottler mergers:
There was also:
Among the 50, 10 were in alcohol, seven in soft drinks, seven in dairy, five in ingredients and four in packaging.
22 were inside individual countries and 28 across borders, affecting 28 countries in all. The US was active in 20, the UK in nine and the Netherlands in six. Five countries were active in four each: Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.
The Netherlands made five international sales without any purchases. Canada made four international purchases without any sales.
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