LONDON (MarketWatch) -- United Biscuits is looking to auction its biscuits division for about GBP1.5 billion after the decision of China's Bright Food to walk away from acquiring the whole company ...

Kraft Foods Inc., the world’s second-largest food company behind Nestle SA, said Monday it will pay about $1.07 billion to acquire the Spanish and Portuguese units of United Biscuits in a move ...

The three were among those making first-round bids for United Biscuits last week, according to these people. Other companies that expressed interest included Italian chocolate company Ferrero SpA ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's largest food group Yildiz Holding has bought UK-based cookies and snacks maker United Biscuits [IPO-UNI.L], in a deal it said made it the world's third-biggest ...

United Biscuits Holdings Ltd. bought a stake in Nigerian cookie maker A&P Foods Ltd., the U.K. company’s second overseas investment in six months. “We see Africa as one of our core pillars in ...

Companies including Kellogg Co. and KKR & Co. are considering bids for United Biscuits’ snacks unit, people with knowledge of the matter said. The KP Snacks unit, spun off from United Biscuits ...

United Biscuits, manufacturers of McVitie's, Jacob's and Crawford's, were forced to close their Carlisle factory in December due to damage to electrical equipment and ovens. The two Boeiing 777 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch-- Campbell Soup Co., is reportedly looking into making a bid worth $2.3 billion to acquire the largest portion of British food company United Biscuits, according to a ...

Credit Suisse Group has completed the separation process of United Biscuits into two discrete businesses and plans to launch a sale of the snacks business after the summer, people familiar with ...