Investment Summary

Danone Invests In Stonyfield Farm

On October 29, 2001, Danone invested in food company Stonyfield Farm

Investment Highlights
  • This is Danone’s 4th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Danone’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Danone’s 1st transaction in New Hampshire.
Investment Fate
  • Stonyfield Farm was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2017 for 875M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2001-10-29
Target Stonyfield Farm
Sector Food
Investor(s) Danone
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Stonyfield Farm

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Stonyfield Farm, Inc. is a producer and seller of organic yogurt products that includes smoothies, frozen and soy yogurts. Stonyfield Farm, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Danone

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1899
Sector Food
Employees89,528
Revenue 27.4B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Danone is a food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition. Danone was founded in 1899 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 41
Sector: Food M&A 4 of 24
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 13
State: New Hampshire M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 9
Year: 2001 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-05-28 Centrale Laitiere S.A.

Casablanca, Morocco

Centrale Laitiere SA engages in the production and selling of packaged milk and dairy products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-18 Frucor Beverages Group

Auckland,, New Zealand

Frucor, a key player in the New Zealand beverage market is well known for its capacity to innovate and is also a fast growing energy drink segment with its "V" brand.

Buy €140M