Apollo-backed Smart & Final to Be Sold to Mexican Retail Giant

Apollo-backed Smart & Final to Be Sold to Mexican Retail Giant

Mexican retailer Grupo Comercial Chedraui SA agreed to buy grocer Smart & Final Stores LLC for more than $600m, people familiar with the matter said, expanding its presence in a U.S. supermarket business that boomed during the coronavirus pandemic. Private-equity...
Cinven Mulls Options as Sanne Rejects $1.9bn Buyout Proposal

Cinven Mulls Options as Sanne Rejects $1.9bn Buyout Proposal

UK-based Cinven said on Friday alternative asset and corporate services firm Sanne Group had rejected its $1.90bn buyout offer, and the private equity firm was considering all options. Cinven, which made a proposal of 830 pence per share to Sanne earlier this month,...
Reckitt Shortlists Bidders for $2bn Mead Johnson China Business

Reckitt Shortlists Bidders for $2bn Mead Johnson China Business

British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group has shortlisted bidders including Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and dairy producer Yili to submit binding offers for its Greater China infant formula business, sources said. The group has hired Morgan Stanley to run...