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Quote:(Reuters) - Kraft Foods Group Inc (KRFT.O), maker of Velveeta cheese and Oscar Mayer meats, is in talks to be acquired by Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
3G teamed up with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) to acquire Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co for $23.2 billion two years ago. 3G is now expected to merge Kraft with Heinz if it clinches a deal.
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Great, another staple company bought by Buffet. Pretty soon we'll HAVE to sell shares just to live on in retirement because ole Warren doesn't want you to have a penny of his money. I guess that's one way to shake up management to get them to use their brand power to grow a business.
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(03-25-2015, 01:29 AM)navyasw02 Wrote: I dont understand what you're saying here. KRFT just got a nice little 16% bump based on this news.
It was half tongue-in-cheek.
The consumer staples sector staples sector is often considered one of the foundations of dividend growth investing. This is because they produce products people will still buy in a recession. KRFT, despite facing some headwinds, has been paying dividends since being split off from MO and at a pretty good yield. Most of the "good" foodie companies left, SJM/HRL/MKC/HSY, have a pretty low yield. SYY has had many headwinds of late.
Buffet bought Heinz a few years ago which was also pretty steady-eddie with their dividends but he's also stated he will never pay dividends from BRK.x.
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More details finally coming. It appears that Kraft Heinz Company will be a public company. Initial reports had it being taken private just as HNZ was. Things are looking a little clearer ... and better.
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Yup, it will be a public company and if you're already a holder of KRFT, you will get a nice special dividend of $16.50/share. Buffett likes dividends himself and he mentioned he "will never be out of this company", so I am assuming it will be a decent dividend champ.
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Looks like Buffett is getting into the private equity business through his partnership with 3G, which is a departure from his old ways of not interfering with management and operations of acquirees. There's some commentary on Bloomberg about how 3G leaned up Heinz.
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Awwww, what a miss. I looked at KRFT a bit back, was hoping to pickup on a dip, never quite hit the number I was looking for.
Now with the special dividend and big bump today, Oh my, I missed the boat.
