Welcome back from late summer breaks and back-to-school activities and travel. The fall season has brought plenty of better news as the Fed considers lowering interest rates and tariffs and trade deals with the EU become more transparent. Meanwhile, Reuters has recently reported that global dealmaking has reached $2.6 trillion, the highest for the first seven months of the year since the 2021 pandemic-era peak, as a quest for growth in corporate boardrooms and the impact of a surge in AI activity has overcome the uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs.
The number of transactions to August 1 was 16% lower than the same time last year, but their value is 28% higher, according to Dealogic data, boosted by U.S. megadeals valued at more than $10 billion. Leading Food & Beverage companies in the deal headlines include Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Nestlé, and Danone. Get our latest insights on these companies and more in this Q3 ’25 issue.
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If you operate in the Food & Beverage sector and want to discuss how today’s M&A climate could affect your business, we’d love to talk. Contact Ross Colbert to start the conversation.