List of 53 Companies in Illinois that have Acquired

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Conagra Brands NYSE : CAG Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Food	12,051	49	30	19
Mondelez International NASDAQ : MDLZ Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Food	36,441	28	18	10
TreeHouse Foods PE Backed Investindustrial 2025-11-10 $2.9B Oak Brook, Illinois, United States website	Food	3,354	21	14	7
Ingredion NYSE : INGR Westchester, Illinois, United States website	Food	7,430	11	11	-
Sara Lee Corp. Private Downers Grove, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	16	7	9
Hearthside Food Solutions Private Downers Grove, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	8	6	2
Hometown Food PE Backed Brynwood Partners 2018-07-09 $375M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	5	5	-
ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc. Private Quincy, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	4	4	-
Tootsie Roll Industries NYSE : TR Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Food	723	4	4	-
Mizkan Americas, Inc. Private Mt Prospect, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	3	3	-
Sweetmore Bakeries PE Backed Shore Capital Partners Monroe Capital 2019-09-01 Park Ridge, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	3	3	-
The Kraft Heinz Co. Acquired Heinz 2015-03-25 Northfield, Illinois, United States website	Food	18,218	5	3	2
Chromatin, Inc. Acquired S&W Seed Co. 2018-11-01 $26.5M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	3	3	-
KeHE PE Backed TowerBrook Capital Partners 2019-05-17 Naperville, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	4	3	1
Lifeway NASDAQ : LWAY Morton Grove, Illinois, United States website	Food	187	4	3	1
Woodland Gourmet PE Backed Graham Partners Barings Private Equity 2021-12-01 Waukegan, Illinois, United States website	Food	-	3	3	-

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