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Unilever and Hormel Foods Corp will be vying to acquire the foods division of Reckitt Benckiser<\/strong>, according to a Reuters brief<\/a>. Whomever outbids on this one is probably going to shell out in excess of USD 2.9 bn for the acquisition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unilever and Hormel Foods Corp will be vying to acquire the foods division of Reckitt Benckiser, according to a Reuters brief. 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