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PepsiCo buys Chinese snack brand Be & Cheery for $705 million
Published Feb 24, 2020 01:01AM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Pepsi are pictured at a grocery store in Pasadena
BEIJING (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc (O:PEP) has agreed to buy Chinese snack brand Be & Cheery from local jujube maker Haoxiangni Health Food Co Ltd (SZ:002582) for $705 million, the companies said.
The U.S. multinational food and beverage maker said the acquisition of Be & Cheery, which sells snacks from nuts to dried fruits mainly on Chinese e-commerce platforms, was an important step in its goal to become China's leading consumer-focused food and beverage company.
"Be & Cheery adds direct-to-consumer capability, positioning us to capitalize on continued growth in e-commerce, and a local brand that is able to stretch across a broad portfolio of products, through both online and offline channels," Ram Krishnan, CEO of PepsiCo Greater China, said in a statement on Sunday.
"We also expect to leverage Be & Cheery's innovation and consumer insights capabilities to drive innovation in other key PepsiCo growth markets."
Haoxiangni, which is based in the eastern city of Hangzhou, said in a separate filing that it had decided to sell as it wanted to focus on the jujube business.
Founded in 2003, Be & Cheery is one of the largest online snack companies in China and reported revenues of about 5 billion yuan ($711.7 million) in 2019, the companies said.
The transaction is subject to a Haoxiangni shareholder vote, certain regulatory approvals and other customary conditions, they said.
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