News in Numbers
$1.95bn
The sum PepsiCo is putting up to buy US prebiotic soda business Poppi. The deal includes $300m of anticipated tax benefits for a net purchase price of $1.65bn.
3.3%
Global wine consumption dropped 3.3% last year, hitting 214.2 million hectolitres, the lowest since 1961, according to trade body OIV.
$100m
US private-equity firm InvestBev has partnered with an unnamed “leading global asset manager” to inject up to $100m in Kentucky Bourbon barrels.
4%
Craft beer production in the US declined 4% in 2024, though its market share by volume remained “essentially flat” at 13.3%, Brewers Association data shows.
£82.3m
Science in Sport directors have thrown their weight behind a takeover bid for the UK sports-nutrition group worth £82.3m ($109.2m) from private-equity firm B-D Capital.
