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Joh. A. Benckiser’s plan to buy D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV already has analysts pondering the investment firm’s next move. One possibility: An asset swap with Beiersdorf AG’s largest shareholder, the Herz family’s Maxingvest AG, which owns German coffee company Tchibo GmbH.
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Joh. A. Benckiser Group’s $340 million takeover of Caribou Coffee Co. may be a small step in a larger plan to take on the likes of Nestle SA and Starbucks Corp. for leadership in the $45 billion global coffee market.
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Jim Beam bourbon and Skinnygirl cocktails may be enough to persuade Pernod-Ricard SA and Diageo Plc to attempt the biggest spirits acquisition in six years.
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Echo Hopkins’ love of tequila began with a happy hour margarita at the Blue Moon Mexican Café in Bronxville, New York. Four years later, her tastes have matured, and she now eschews cheap margaritas in favor of tequilas costing $10-plus a shot meant to be sipped and savored.
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Nestle SA’s bottled-water business is struggling to regain momentum as twin concerns about the economy and the environment weigh on growth.
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Joh. A. Benckiser Sarl, the investment company co-led by Bart Becht that’s been buying up coffee assets, has no plan to further reduce its ownership of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s possible bid for the rest of Grupo Modelo SAB heralds an intensified beer face-off in Mexico as an industry once dominated by home-grown brewers stands to lose its last local ties.
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Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc may be kicking its heroin problem.
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L’Oreal SA, the world’s largest cosmetics maker, agreed to buy the Urban Decay brand from U.S. private-equity firm Castanea Partners to expand in specialty makeup.
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Heineken NV, the world’s third- biggest brewer, raised its offer for a controlling stake in Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd. to S$5.6 billion ($4.5 billion) to prevent a company linked to a Thai billionaire from disrupting its takeover plans.
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