After receiving more time to finalize its offer to acquire SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev made a formal $107 billion bid for the company on Wednesday. The deal includes a record $75 billion loan and confirms the anticipated divestiture of SABMiller’s stake in its largest brand: MillerCoors. [More]
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Anheuser-Busch InBev, SABMiller Finalize Merger, Agree To Sell MillersCoors Brand To Molson For $12B
By 11.11.15
If Walgreens And Rite Aid Merge, Thousands Of Stores Might Close
By 11.5.15
Last week, Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of this country’s top drugstore chain, announced that pending antitrust approval, it would buy the #3 chain, Rite Aid, for $9.4 billion. That would create two massive national drugstore chains, and also leave a lot of empty stores. One estimate is that 3,000 stores would close… not necessarily for antitrust reasons, but because the stores are simply too close together. [More]
Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Will Sell Off 330 Stores To Get Merger Approval
By 7.2.15
A year after the sordid dollar store love triangle began and nearly seven months after Family Dollar chose Dollar Tree to have and to hold for a mere $9.2 billion, the merger process appears to be almost over with federal regulators officially asking the new couple to ditch 330 stores. [More]
Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Expected To Close 340 Stores For Merger Approval
By 4.8.15
When Family Dollar accepted Dollar Tree’s proposal for a merger in January, the two companies estimated the deal would require the closing of no more than 300 stores. As federal regulators get closer to putting their stamp of approval on the dollar store marriage, they’re adding a few more stores to the chopping block. [More]
