Two U.S. Consumer Megadeals Signal Accelerating Consolidation in Food Sector
Two large U.S. consumer transactions announced within 24 hours - Sysco’s agreement to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot for $29 billion and McCormick’s near-$45 billion purchase of Unilever’s food business - have vaulted both into the list of the quarter’s largest global deals. The back-to-back announcements mark a rare resurgence of consumer megadeals, d…