Friday, November 22

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Nestle To Pay $7.15 Bn to Tie-up With Starbucks in Coffee Business
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Nestle To Pay $7.15 Bn to Tie-up With Starbucks in Coffee Business

Nestle, the Swiss-based multinational food giant is set to buy Starbucks’ rights to sell the US coffee chain’s products around the world in a global partnership worth $7.15 Billion to be paid in cash as both companies aim at reviving their coffee empires. The announcement on the deal for a business with $2 billion in sales consolidates Nestle’s position as the leading coffee company in the world and will strengthen its place at the top of a fast-evolving market. Starbucks shared that the proceeds will be used to speed-up its share buybacks and the money raised from the deal will serve to add to its earnings per share (EPS) by latest 2021. While the deal will not include selling Nestle branded items in Starbucks’ cafes, the Swiss-based company expects the deal to sell Starbucks bagged...