潜水简介:
- 嘉吉和大陆谷物公司完成了他们的长期延期$4.53 billion purchase of Sanderson Farms,,,,the companies said in a statement.The acquisition was announced on August 9, 2021, and creates the third-largest U.S. poultry processor. Sanderson shareholders are receiving $203 per share.
- 买家说,作为交易的一部分,他们将将桑德森农场与大陆谷物的子公司韦恩农场相结合,形成了新的私人禽类禽类业务。目前是韦恩农场(Wayne Farms)的首席执行官克林特·河(Clint Rivers)将经营名为Wayne-Sanderson Farms的新企业。
- 该交易的结案(预计将在2021年12月或2022年初发生)被司法部对交易的审查推迟。Democratic lawmakers also have criticized the transaction,,,,citing “significant antitrust concerns.”
Dive Insight:
宣布扫荡接管将近一年后,嘉吉和大陆终于获得了奖金。
The deal has been slowed for months by antitrust review, and the buyers were rumored to bediscussing concessions with the DOJ就在本周,以清除交易结束的道路。
司法部尚未就合并协议或是否做出让步发表评论。
韦恩·桑德森农场(Wayne-Sanderson Farms)的发言人弗兰克·辛格尔顿(Frank Singleton)表示,该公司“很高兴能在我们身后进行司法部的流程,我们很高兴与新公司一起前进。可能已经制造了。
韦恩(Wayne)和桑德森(SandersonRivers told Food Dive last November。桑德森(Sanderson)在H-E-B,Walmart和Albertsons等零售商店中拥有巨大的业务,并带有新鲜鸡肉。韦恩主要专注于餐饮服务和餐馆,包括鸡FIL- 盒子里的杰克。
Together, the two companies would control roughly 15% of U.S. chicken production, trailing only Tyson Foods and Pilgrim’s Pride.
里弗斯(Rivers)去年说:“这是一个机会并不经常出现。”“我们想长期发展[韦恩]作为业务。多年来,关于我们如何做到这一点进行了许多对话。”
The approval of the deal comes amid a stricter stance on consolidation in the meat and poultry space by the White House.
President Joe Biden has called out consolidation in the meat and poultry space for increasing prices for consumers and squeezing out较小的处理器。In poultry, thetop four processing firms— Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson and Perdue —控制54%的市场,根据政府。
家禽行业还一直在努力应对最大生产商的价格固定费用,导致重大定居点甚至some criminal charges。Meanwhile,司法部最近未能定罪的第三次企图朝圣者的前任和现任领导人克拉克斯顿家禽农场在价格固定案例中。












