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Purchase of Cadbury. On September 7, 2009, Kraft made a £10.2 billion takeover offer for the long-established British confectionery group Cadbury, makers of Dairy Milk and Bournville chocolate. On November 9, 2009, Kraft's £9.8bn takeover bid was rejected by Cadbury. Cadbury stated that the takeover bid was a "derisory" offer.
The acquisition of Cadbury faced widespread disapproval from the British public, as well as groups and organisations including trade union Unite, who estimated that a takeover by Kraft could put 30,000 jobs "at risk". Controversially, RBS, a bank 84% owned by the United Kingdom Government, funded the Kraft takeover.
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world, after Mars. [3] Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Greater London, and operates in more than 50 countries ...
In the midst of a hostile takeover bid, Kraft (KFT) has set up a series of investor conference calls, which will include its CEO defending its $16.75 billion offer for Cadbury. The fight between ...
Kraft Foods (KFT), the largest packaged-food company in the U.S., has made some enemies in the U.K. The company came under attack on Tuesday from a committee of U.K. lawmakers in a report critical ...
Despite the Cadbury takeover helping to boost overall sales by 30 percent, Kraft's net profit for the fourth quarter fell 24 percent (to $540 million) due to costs associated with integrating the UK business after the acquisition. Kraft spent $1.3 billion on integration to achieve an estimated $675 million in annual savings by the end of 2012.
The Kraft Heinz Company ( KHC ), commonly known as Kraft Heinz ( / ˈkræft ˈhaɪnz / ), is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz Company co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh. [4] [5] Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest in ...
He joined the board of Cadbury plc in 2000 and in 2003, was appointed chief executive officer. On 2 February 2010, Kraft Foods Inc. successfully completed the acquisition of Cadbury which was originally a hostile takeover, the next day Stitzer along with Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr announced their resignations.