date:Oct 30, 2012
Hain Celestial, a US-based natural and organic food products company, has completed the acquisition of some of the packaged grocery brands of UK-based Premier Foods in a 200m cash-and-stock deal.
The consideration consisted of cash payment of 170m and 836,426 shares of Hain Celestial that are estimated to be worth at least 30m.
The acquisition includes brands such as Hartley's jams and marmalades, Sun-Pat peanut butter, Gale's honey, Robertson's jams and marmalades, and Frank Cooper's jams, wh