Executive Summary Diageo‚ which is a London based company‚ has the production and distribution of Spirits and Wine‚ with highly recognized brands all around the world such as Johnny Walker and J&B‚ as its main business activity. Furthermore‚ the firm is engaged in the package food and fast food industry with Pillsbury and Burger King respectively. The corporation was formed in 1997 through the merger of Guinness Plc. and Grand Metropolitan. Diageo follows the norm of British Corporations
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General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC Lauren Sherlock Jason Park JP Zendman 12/9/2009  General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC Situation Analysis: In December 2000‚ management at General Mills (GM) proposed a plan to acquire Pillsbury‚ a baked- goods producer‚ in a stock-for-stock exchange. Pillsbury is currently controlled by Diageo PLC‚ one of the world’s leading consumer–goods companies. The deal specifies that General Mills is to create
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Diageo comes from the Latin for day (Dia) and the Greek for world (Geo) Diageo is a global alcoholic beverage company headquartered in London‚ United Kingdom. It is the world ’s largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine. Their mission statement is “Our strategy is to drive organic growth in premium drinks. We will invest to take leadership positions in every category‚ market and consumer occasion in which we choose to compete” (Diageo‚ 2011). Diageo ’s brands include Smirnoff (the
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a) The named organization that is being discussed in this case study is FirstGroup PLC which is a transport company based in the UK. It generates revenues of approximately 5 billion pounds every year and employs staff of over 137‚000 over the UK and North America. The estimated amount of passengers that this company transports is about 2.5 billion per annum. That was a brief overview of the organization that is being dealt in the case study. Moving onto PESTEL which is the brief analysis of any organization’s
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Introduction Diageo was created when Grand Metropolitan‚ plc and Guiness‚ plc merged in 1997. While the Diageo name is not well known to consumers‚ its brands are among the most famous including Guinness‚ Smirnoff‚ Johnnie Walker and Cuervo. The company recently decided to focus on a strategy to grow through its spirits‚ wine and beer businesses and divest of its Pillsbury and Burger King subsidiaries. This case study will focus on the proposed capital structure decisions of Diageo. 2) Is Diageo’s
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Case 1 General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC 1. What are General Mills’ motives for this deal? Estimate the present value of the expected cost savings (synergies). In the spring of 1998 General Mills began studying areas where they could add to the company and advanced a strategy of acquisition-driven growth. General Mills has several motives for pursuing a deal to acquire Pillsbury. Pillsbury was identified as an ideal target due to its ability to complement General Mills’
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8 January 2013 DEBENHAMS PLC INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT Debenhams plc‚ the leading international‚ multi-channel brand‚ today announces its interim management statement covering the 18 weeks to 5 January 2013. Highlights • • • Good sales momentum: 18 weeks LFL sales up 2.9% Highest ever December sales: five weeks to 5 January LFL sales up 5.0% Online sales ahead of expectations: 18 weeks up 39.0% Michael Sharp‚ Chief Executive of Debenhams‚ said: “I am pleased with our performance
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2 Cloverleaf plc Cloverleaf plc was a UKbased supplier of bottling plant used in production lines to transport and fill bottles. Two years ago it opened an overseas sales office targeting Germany‚ France and the Benelux countries. It estimated that there were over 1‚000 organisations in those countries that had bottling facilities‚ and that a key sales push in northern Europe was therefore warranted. Sales so far had been disappointing with only three units having been sold. Expectations had
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Diageo PLC Terms of reference: The main purpose of this report is to highlight the main problems which Diageo PLC is facing by using SWOT analysis which analyses strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats of the business. Introduction: Diageo PLC is the leader of an alcoholic drinks in the world operating in 180 countries providing customers with wide range of premium drinks such as vodka‚ whisky‚ wine and beer. Furthermore the main problem that the company is facing is that they have
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Introduction Manac plc‚ is a big company which produces and sells a range of standard electrical goods. It is a multinational company whose production and sales take place across a number of countries. Current the company is using the standard costing and absorption costing as part of its approach to strategic management accounting. But now it is worried about that the company is not meeting its budgeted target profits. The reason for the lower than expected profits may be very complex and the
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