Business
Food: Firm will own 75% of Del Monte, which will add tuna and pet brands in $1.8-billion stock deal.
June 14, 2002
Food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco Inc. took a big bite out of its debt troubles by selling its Del Monte processed foods business to an investor group headed by Merrill Lynch & Co. for $1.475 billion in cash, company officials said Monday.
Sept. 26, 1989
Food
Career path’s twists lead geneticist on a quest to put flavor back in the fruit.
Nov. 13, 1999
Del Monte Foods Co., the largest U.S. producer of canned fruits and vegetables, this week said it has delayed its initial public offering because its owner couldn’t get the price it wanted in a weak market for IPOs.
July 30, 1998
While other businesses slow down for the holidays, Del Monte Foods Co. is gearing up to try to capitalize on its biggest acquisition in more than a decade of deal making.
Dec. 26, 2002
Del Monte Foods Co., the largest U.S. maker of canned fruits and vegetables, said Thursday that fiscal third-quarter net income fell 9.3% and fiscal fourth-quarter profit would decline because of higher transportation and tuna costs.
March 4, 2005
Philip Morris Cos., the tobacco and consumer products giant, announced on Monday an $11.8-billion cash bid to take over Kraft Inc., the cheese and ice cream maker, in what would be the second largest merger in U.S. history.
Oct. 18, 1988
Del Monte Offer Reported Near: Del Monte Foods, the century-old food-processing company that has had two owners in as many years, may be sold again.
June 1, 1992
Del Monte Foods is selling its fruit and vegetable business to focus instead on tasty vittles for pets.
Oct. 11, 2013
Del Monte Foods Co. on Thursday said it would buy cat food maker Meow Mix Holdings Inc. for $705 million and sell its private-label soup and baby food business to focus on its higher-margin branded businesses.
March 3, 2006