Cott acquires Primo Water Corporation

January 13, 2020 by Food in Canada

Cott Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Cott will acquire Primo Water Corporation for $14.00 per share payable in cash and stock (or a combination thereof) at the election of Primo’s stockholders, subject…

Cott acquires Hungarian water company

January 9, 2020 by Food in Canada

Cott and Eden Springs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cott, have acquired 100 per cent of the shares of the Hungarian company, Clearwater Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság . Through the acquisition of ClearWater, Eden Springs will enter the Hungarian market…

Cott acquires Dutch beverage company, Viteau

November 20, 2019 by Food in Canada

Cott Corporation announced that Eden Springs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cott, acquired Viteau International B.V. The acquisition of Viteau, a supplier of bottled water and point-of-use filtration services in the Netherlands, strengthens Eden Springs’ density in the region to…

Discounting and private labels sustain soft drink sales

January 26, 2009 by Food in Canada

Cott Corp. of Toronto – a global leader in private label soft drinks with $1.8 billion in 2007 revenues – is reducing its quarterly losses as intense price competition in the soft drinks market favours retail brands. Interim CEO David…