France’s Danone said on Thursday it would double the size of its US business by buying organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods in a deal worth $12.5 billion, including some $2.1 billion of debt. The ...

Shares of WhiteWave Foods, an organic-food maker, soared nearly 19 percent Thursday, above the takeover amount offered by Danone, amid speculation that more bids may be coming. "There may be competing ...

For generations, beleaguered parents have implored their children to eat more vegetables. The message finally took hold with millennials, who are, in turn, driving a broader consumer shift towards ...

France's Danone has closed a deal to buy Denver-based WhiteWave Foods, which has health-oriented brands like Silk, Horizon Organic and Earthbound Farm. With a portfolio heavy on dairy alternatives and ...

A recent wave of lawsuits challenging the use of the term ‘almondmilk’ on food labels amounts to “nothing more than a waste of time and judicial resources,” according to WhiteWave Foods in court ...

So what: WhiteWave, which is the parent of several alternative dairy brands like Silk soy milk and Horizon organic milk, had been on a tear since it was spun off from Dean Foods in 2013. The stock ...

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To the frustration of the dairy lobby, false advertising lawsuits objecting to terms such as ‘almondmilk’ and ‘soymilk’ have failed to make much headway. However, complaints filed this week vs Blue ...

General Mills' earnings were up significantly from the year-before period. This primarily is because of much higher one-time restructuring and impairment costs in 2014, which reduced GAAP earnings ...

If 2015 was the year of overvalued tech firms, 2016 could be the year of the ill-advised acquisition. As the signs of global slowdown mount, more companies look to acquisitions to artificially prop up ...