Mergers & Acquisitions

CGT executive editor Kara Romanow catches up with Michael Ferrara and gets his perspective on good category management, how to reinvent the shopper environment and some best practices for managing acquisitions.

Kahlua adds Mocha to its family of exotic coffee liqueurs available in June 2008.

In August 2004, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJRT) merged with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and, as a result, began to take a look at the two companies across all different functions and divisions. The goal was to identify best practices within each organization and build the best company going forward.

A conversation with Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley

Diageo's move to a new suburban 'mega-brewery' was necessary to compete with the rise of lower-cost breweries in Eastern Europe, Russia and China.

J.M. Smucker Company President and Co-CEO Richard Smucker believes that coffee is the most perfect complement to breakfast and dessert -- two areas that his company knows a lot about. So why not add an iconic brand that has 150 years of history? The equation seems to add up to a perfect fit. Read on to find out how much the merger between Procter & Gamble's Folgers business and Smucker is expected to earn by fiscal year 2009.

Altria Group tells shareholders it seeks to grow non-cigarette tobacco business based on consumer insights.

Speculationwas everywhere about whether or not Belgium brewer InBev will make an offer to buyout St. Louis native Anheuser-Busch. Now the much-anticipated bid is making headlines as Anheuser-Busch confirmed a $46 billion buyout offer by InBev on Wednesday, June 11. Read on to see what the public is saying, from analysts to avid beer-drinkers, about the possible merger.