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Nestlé reviews bid options for Cadbury

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

LISTED SWISS company Nestlé is weighing a possible bid for chocolate maker Cadbury that would challenge Kraft Foods’ offer and a potential move by Hershey.

Nestlé looking at the possibility of Cadbury offer

The Independent (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Nestlé is considering joining the battle for Cadbury as the US confectionery company Hershey puts the finishing touches to a counter-bid of its own. The British group is currently battling a 750p a share offer from Hershey's US rival, Kraft Foods, with the backing of shareholders who say that the offer is "too low". Cadbury has told all potential bidders that it will fight any bid...

CIO Profiles: Mark Dajani, Senior VP And CIO Of Kraft Foods

Information Week (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

For everything Kraft's IS department does, there's a value measurement.

Kraft weighs higher Cadbury bid as rivals circle: source

Reuters (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc may raise its offer for Cadbury Plc or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

• Kraft weighs higher Cadbury bid - source - Reuters UK
• Kraft mulls higher offer for Cadbury: source - Reuters

My Chocolate Meltdown

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

By ARTHUR LUBOW NYT TO investment bankers, it’s welcome news that Kraft Foods is offering more than $16 billion to acquire the British candymaker Cadbury: Maybe the frozen credit markets are thawing. As a chocolate fiend, bunkered in my kitchen alongside a simmering bain-marie, I find it an ominous prospect. Four years ago, another American food giant, Hershey, swallowed up a small chocolate...

• Op-Ed Contributor: My Chocolate Meltdown - New York Times

Hershey considering a solo bid of $17 billion

Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday

US chocolate maker Hershey is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods, a source familiar with the matter said.

Sweet bite: Nestle joins race, mulls Cadbury bid

Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday

Nestle is weighing options including a possible bid for Cadbury that would challenge Kraft Foods’s offer and a potential move by Hershey, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Cadbury prefers merger with Hershey - report

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co rather than Kraft Foods Inc , the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph.

• Cadbury prefers merger with Hershey over Kraft: report - Reuters

Nestle may consider a bid for Cadbury

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey , Bloomberg reported on Sunday.

Nestle may consider a bid for Cadbury: report

Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound ($16.3 dollars) bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.

Nestle Said to Consider Options for Cadbury, May Challenge Kraft, Hershey

Bloomberg (Free subscription) | yesterday

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA is weighing options including a possible bid for Cadbury Plc that would challenge Kraft Foods Inc.’s offer and a potential move by Hershey Co., according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Choclate Wars: Hershey's Trust May Make a Play to Buy Cadbury

ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

The charitable trust that owns Hershey Co. is urging has decided that it wants to go mano a mano with Kraft Foods and battle it out for control of Cadbury PLC. Kraft is in the middle of attempting a hostile takeover of Cadbury, but the offer price is so low that shareholders want nothing to do with it -- so far. The Hershey's Trust has reversed its position that expansion is bad and has decided that...

Business News: Hershey to bid 17 billion dollars for Cadbury - report

icWales (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Hershey Co may make a 17 billion US dollar bid for UK confectioner Cadbury PLC, topping the recent 16.5 billion US dollar hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Hershey to bid $17bn for Cadbury - report

Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Hershey Co may make a $17bn (€11.4bn) bid for UK confectioner Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5bn (€11.1bn) hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury

Business Report (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Hershey Co may make a $17-billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16,5-billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports.