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...Mars bought VCA, an operator of veterinary clinics, for $9.1bn in 2017 and acquired Wrigley’s chewing gum for $23bn in 2008 but its recent purchases have been smaller....
...Mars has owned pet food brands since 1935, but Reid and Weihrauch oversaw a major expansion of its veterinary business, including 2017’s $9.1bn purchase of VCA, a group of 800 pet care hospitals, and pushed...
...A large portion of growth came from acquisitions, including the $9.1bn purchase of VCA, a group of pet hospitals in 2017....
...But the other half came through acquisitions, including investments in healthier snacks such as Kind bars and 2017’s $9.1bn purchase of a veterinary services business called VCA....
...Mars has been acquiring veterinary practices in the past few years, scooping up a US group called VCA for $9.1bn in 2017 and AniCura in Europe for an undisclosed price last year....
...Mars has been acquiring veterinary practices in the past few years, scooping up a US group called VCA for $9.1bn in 2017 and a European player called AniCura for an undisclosed price last year....
...In January it bought VCA, a veterinary services company, for $9.1bn, pushing further into the fast-growing pet care sector....
...Mars is already the second-biggest seller of pet food and products in the US after Nestlé and paid a 41 per cent premium on VCA’s share price to buy the company....
...VCA owns about 800* animal hospitals and 60 labs in the US and Canada, according to a statement from the companies. *This post has been amended to correct the number of hospitals VCA owns....
...The confectionery-to-pet-food conglomerate this year bought VCA, a provider of veterinary services, for $9.1bn....
...As part of the deal, Mr Antin will sell his 2.5 per cent stake in VCA, valued at $192.5m based on the $7.7bn Mars is paying for all of VCA’s equity....
...Proxy access proposals have passed at Monsanto, the agricultural science company, and EQT, an energy group, so far this year, but failed at Apple and two smaller companies, CSP and VCA Antech....
...And if VCA had bothered to read the Barron’s study on dodgy Chinese reverse mergers all the way back in September, which mentioned CBEH, it could have prevented much of this decline....
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