Bestfoods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]
Bestfoods, previously CPC International, owned Knorr, Hellmann's and Mazola until Unilever acquired it in 2000.
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Unilever acquired Bestfoods, the American food group behind Knorr and Hellmann's, in what was then the largest cash acquisition in the food industry. The European Commission cleared the deal in Phase I subject to divestiture commitments.
Bestfoods controlled these 3 brands in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Bestfoods owned it still shows why it no longer does.
| Case | Regulator | Decision | Date |
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| M.1990 | european commission | cleared with remedies | 28 September 2000 |
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Bestfoods is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.
Yes. Bestfoods is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States and was founded in 1958.
Bestfoods is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.
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