date:Feb 01, 2013
Investment firms and banks continued to play a reduced role in deals in the second half, and finished the year with 49 mergers finalized or left incomplete, or 27.9% fewer than in 2011.
The Food Institute found food processors experienced a similar year in 2012 as they did in 2011, with 83 total mergers last year. There were five more acquisitions last year compared with 2011, the third-straight year of increased acquisitions after 2009's low of 58. While fruit and vegetable processors recorded