McCormick tried to do $2.1B deal for British food maker

Sparks-based McCormick & Co. Inc. has twice been refused in offers this year to buy the British food company that makes Mr. Kipling cakes, Cadbury cakes and Oxo, a company that produces animal stock and herbs. Premier Foods plc (LON: PFD), a $1.1 billion food company based north of London, said Wednesday that it has refused two specific takeover offers from McCormick (NYSE: MKC). The Baltimore-area spice and food giant then confirmed it made a cash offer to buy Premier Foods for 52 pence per share…

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