Transaction creates the first coast to coast fresh soup supplier in the U.S. 

Potato chip and snack food manufacturer Utz Quality Foods, Inc. will acquire Birmingham, Alabama-based Golden Enterprises, Inc.

French multinational food company Danone said Thursday it reached a deal to acquire organic food manufacturer WhiteWave Food Co. for $12.5 billion.

Snack cake company Hostess will once again be a publicly traded company, announcing Tuesday it will be sold to Gores Holdings.

The company will acquire North American-based automated material handling solutions provider Intelligrated in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.

Post Holdings recently held talks to explore a merger with ConAgra’s frozen potato products business Lamb Weston.

Calling the proposal “incomplete and financially inadequate,” Monsanto Company’s board of directors declined Bayer AG’s offer.

The European Commission has cleared the way for the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, to proceed with its proposed takeover of rival SABMiller.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. has agreed to sell its Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings business to Givaudan for approximately $340 million.

German pharmaceutical company Bayer confirmed Monday it proposed an all-cash of $62 billion to purchase Monsanto Co.