Coca-Cola, Danone, Anheuser-Busch InBev and DS Services were the 4 most acquisitive companies of 2014, according to the bevblog.net food and drink transactions database, with each responsible for 6 or more takeovers.
Lactalis, Diageo, FrieslandCampina, Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated and BBX Capital all made 5 purchases.
Nestlé and Coca-Cola were the only 2 companies to make 5 or more sales, followed by Unilever on 4, then BASF, Cargill and Constar on 3 each.
A total of 909 companies were involved across 75 countries, with the United States and United Kingdom consistently most prominent overall.
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Reversing the pattern of 2013, US companies made 11 more sales than purchases, while UK companies made 8 more purchases than sales. France was the biggest net buyer (+16) and Australia/New Zealand the biggest net sellers (-16).
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