Kraft Heinz Failed Merger To End In Spinoff Kraft Heinz (KHC)’s board has completed its summer homework and turned in the assignment. In July, we discussed reports that Kraft Heinz would spinoff its grocery business, and, immediately after Labor Day, after the last slow days of summer, the grocery spinoff is official. As is typical, the announcement trumpets the… Read More »
Kraft Heinz (KHC) is reportedly preparing to spin off a large portion of its grocery brands—including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Jell‑O, and Lunchables—into a standalone public company valued at up to $20 billion. The move would mark another dramatic restructuring in the food giant’s long history of breakups and mergers, and it could significantly reshape the packaged food industry… Read More »
Humans are nothing if not pattern recognition machines. Even in random data, we see patterns. So Bloomberg’s report that Jorge Paulo Lemann’s 3G is expected by some to be ready to do another large deal is no surprise. Never mind that the supposition is based on a mere two data points: two years separated 3G’s 2013 acquisition of… Read More »