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Hillshire Brands Co. plans to buy Pinnacle Foods in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.6 billion. Hillshire Brands Co. plans to buy Pinnacle Foods in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.6 billion, ...

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Birds Eye Foods Inc from a holding company controlled by Vestar Capital Partners, Pro-Fac Cooperative, and Birds Eye management.

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pinnacle Foods Group LLC announces the appointment of Mark L. Schiller as Executive Vice President and Division President - Duncan Hines Grocery Division, ...

St Louis MO-based Aurora Foods Inc, a marketer of frozen food brands, has revised its previously announced financial restructuring. Aurora's agreement St Louis MO-based Aurora Foods Inc, a marketer of ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Hillshire Brands Co. is backing off of its offer to buy Pinnacle Foods Inc., a move that it needs to make in order for its $7.75 billion proposed deal with Tyson Foods to go through.

(Reuters) – Pinnacle Foods Inc (PF.N) said it would buy Canadian plant-based protein food maker Garden Protein International Inc for $175 million from founder Yves Potvin and U.S. private equity firm ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hillshire Brands Company (NYSE: HSH) today confirmed that it has received a unilateral binding offer from Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) to acquire all of the outstanding ...

The move, which allows Pinnacle to collect a $163 million breakup fee, clears the way for Hillshire Brands to sell itself to Tyson Foods for $7.7 billion. By Dealbook Hillshire Brands said that its ...

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* Says expects to realize about $125 mln in tax benefits Sign up here. Aug 12 (Reuters) - Packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Inc said it would buy Unilever Plc's Wish-Bone salad dressings business ...