Korean Food Giant to Pay $1.9 Billion for Tony's Pizza Maker
(Bloomberg) -- Asian food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp., agreed to buy Schwan’s Co., maker of Mrs. Smith’s pies and Tony’s pizza, for $1.9 billion to expand its sales in the U.S. food market.
The Korean company will buy a 99.98 percent stake in Marshall, Minnesota-based Schwan’s, according to a CJ filing Thursday. Schwan’s is privately held.
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- Shares of CJ CheilJedang advanced after the announcement, pushing the stock to a five-month high of 355,000 won. The company’s stock has slipped 2.7 percent this year.
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