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Hormel in talks to acquire stake in GarudaFood

GarudaFood’s products include peanuts, potato chips, wafer sticks, crackers, cheese, biscuits, and milk drinks for children.

Hormel Foods Corp. is hammering out the details to acquire a minority stake in Indonesia’s top snack-food maker PT GarudaFood Putra Putri Jaya from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for a few hundred million dollars.

The US food giant has emerged as the likeliest buyer of the GarudaFood stake after outbidding rivals.

Talks are at an advanced stage.

The Austin, Minnesota-based Hormel has a portfolio that includes SPAM, Skippy, and Planters, and generates over $11 billion in annual revenue,

Its shares have slipped about 8 percent this year, valuing the firm at about $24.6 billion.

GarudaFood’s products include peanuts, potato chips, wafer sticks, crackers, cheese, biscuits, and milk drinks for children. Its products are sold in more than 20 countries, with a focus on Southeast Asia, China, and India.

GarudaFood has a market value of about $1.2 billion,

CVC invested about $150 million in GarudaFood back in 2018.

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