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Nestlé Agrees to Sell Blue Bottle Coffee to Centurium Capital
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE154 days agoNestlé's ad hoc 'Three-month sales 2026' release, datelined "Vevey, 23 April 2026", states "Nestlé has agreed the sale of Blue Bottle Coffee to Centurium Capital. The transaction is subject to the customary conditions and is expected to close during H1-26"; Daily Coffee News[4] calls this "the first direct confirmation from any of the companies involved that a sales agreement was reached".Nestlé agreed to sell Blue Bottle Coffee, bought in 2017, to Centurium Capital, the biggest shareholder of China's Luckin Coffee, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2026. The sale covers Blue Bottle's more than 100 cafes and most of its packaged-coffee business; Nestlé keeps the Blue Bottle Nespresso pods.0.65French MPs' Report Faults Nestlé's Slow Infant Formula Recalls
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE128 days agofranceinfo[1][3]: 'Un rapport parlementaire de l'Assemblée nationale, publié mardi 19 mai'.An Assemblée nationale fact-finding mission found contaminated formula stayed on sale for weeks after the alert and that five weeks passed between Nestlé's first recall and France's health crisis centre hearing of it, and made 12 recommendations.0.64Nestlé Agrees to Sell Nature's Bounty and Vitamin Brands for $1 Billion
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE23 days agoNestlé's ad hoc announcement, datelined "Vevey, 1 September 2026", says "Nestlé has agreed to divest its mainstream Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements (VMS) business ... to Yellow Wood Partners for USD 1.0 billion"; Yellow Wood's matching PR Newswire[5] release ("BOSTON, Sept. 1, 2026") is stamped "Sep 01, 2026, 13:00 ET" (17:00 UTC).Nestlé agreed to sell its mainstream vitamins business - Nature's Bounty, Osteo Bi-Flex, Ester-C, Gard, Nuun, Puritan's Pride and Sisu, with its US private-label supplements and their plants - to Yellow Wood Partners for $1.0 billion. The business had $1.2 billion of sales in 2025; Nestlé keeps premium brands such as Solgar and Pure Encapsulations.$1B0.64Nestlé AGM Re-elects Pablo Isla as Chair and Adds Thomas Jordan
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE161 days agoStated as firm: Nestlé's release "Nestlé releases the results from its 159th Annual General Meeting" is dated 16 April 2026 and reports the meeting held that day at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne; the February board release had set the AGM for April 16, 2026.[1]At its 159th Annual General Meeting in Lausanne, Nestlé's shareholders re-elected Pablo Isla as Chair and elected former Swiss National Bank chairman Thomas Jordan and P&G executive Fama Francisco to the board. They also approved a CHF 3.10 dividend, the 30th consecutive increase.0.64Pablo Isla Becomes Nestlé Chairman as Paul Bulcke Leaves Early
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE358 days agoStated as firm: Nestlé's release of 16 September 2025 (Vevey) says "Pablo Isla will become Chairman effective October 1, following Paul Bulcke's decision to step down from the Board earlier than planned"; the pin is the effective day, the announcement having gone out on 16 September at 12:15 ET per GlobeNewswire[1].Former Inditex boss Pablo Isla took over as Nestlé's chairman on 1 October 2025, six months earlier than planned, after Paul Bulcke chose to step down in the wake of the CEO's dismissal. Dick Boer became Lead Independent Director and Vice Chairman.0.64French Senate Inquiry Says State Covered Up Nestlé's Mineral Water Fraud
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoAP, datelined Paris 19 May 2025: 'a Senate inquiry commission said Monday'; Public Sénat: the senators 'ont rendu leurs conclusions ce lundi 19 mai'. The Senate's notice gives the filing: 'Rapport n° 628 (2024-2025), tome I, déposé le 14 mai 2025'.[1]After six months and 73 hearings, a Senate commission said the French state hid Nestlé Waters' use of banned treatments on Perrier, Vittel, Contrex and Hépar, a fraud France's fraud-control agency puts at over 3 billion euros.0.63Nestlé and Platinum Equity Agree to Form Peranel Waters Joint Venture
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE63 days agoNestlé's release is datelined "Vevey, Switzerland – July 23, 2026" and its half-year release says "On July 23, 2026, Nestlé and Platinum Equity[4] announced a plan to create Peranel"; Just Drinks[6] reports it was "issued alongside Nestlé's first-half results", and Platinum Equity's PR Newswire copy is stamped "Jul 23, 2026, 01:05 ET" (05:05 UTC), i.e. the 07:00 CEST results release.Nestlé will put S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life and its other waters and premium beverages into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity valued at EUR 4.9 billion. Nestlé expects about EUR 3.0 billion in cash at closing, due in the first half of 2027.€4.9B0.63Paris Prosecutors Open Five Probes Into Cereulide-Tainted Infant Formula
Tribunal de Paris, Parvis Robert Badinter, Quartier des Batignolles, 17th Arrondissement, Paris, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, 75017, FranceNestlé
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE237 days agofranceinfo[1][2], quoting the Paris prosecutor on Friday 13 February: 'Ces enquêtes ont été ouvertes le 30 janvier, précise le parquet'.The Paris prosecutor's public-health unit opened five investigations, for deception endangering health and endangering life, into infant formula sold by Nestlé, Lactalis, Danone, Babybio and La Marque en moins.0.63Nestlé Q1 2026 Sales: 3.5% Organic Growth Despite Infant Formula Recall
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE154 days agoStated as firm: the GlobeNewswire[1] copy of Nestlé's ad hoc announcement is stamped "April 23, 2026 01:00 ET" (07:00 CEST in Vevey, 05:00 UTC), with the call at "09:30 CEST".Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in the first quarter, led by coffee, even though its infant formula recall cut about 0.9 points off growth; reported sales fell 5.7% to CHF 21.3 billion on the strong franc. It kept its 2026 guidance.0.63Nestlé Extends Its Infant Formula Recall Worldwide Over Tainted ARA Oil
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE262 days agoNestlé's sequence of events: 'As of 2 January 2026, we began notifying the authorities progressively in the affected countries and, as a precaution, initiated the voluntary public recall as from 5 January 2026'; Ireland's FSAI[6] notice is dated Monday 05 January 2026.After tracing the toxin cereulide to arachidonic acid (ARA) oil from a global supplier, Nestlé began recalling SMA, BEBA, NAN, Alfamino and Guigoz batches country by country from 5 January 2026, in more than 60 countries.0.62Nestlé Recalls 25 Infant Formula Batches in 16 European Countries
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE288 days agoNestlé's own sequence of events: 'On 10 December 2025, we informed the Dutch authorities ... the same day, we initiated a voluntary and precautionary public recall of all batches produced (25 in total) in 16 countries in Europe'; Nestlé Sweden's release is stamped '10 December 2025 11:16'.[1]Routine checks after new equipment went into a line at Nestlé's Dutch infant-formula plant found traces of the toxin cereulide, so Nestlé recalled every batch made since - 25 batches, including NAN formula, in 16 European countries.0.62Nestlé FY 2025 Results: 3.5% Organic Growth, Dividend Raised to CHF 3.10
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE217 days agoStated as firm: the GlobeNewswire[1] copy of Nestlé's ad hoc announcement is stamped "February 19, 2026 01:00 ET" (07:00 CET in Vevey, 06:00 UTC), with the analyst call at "09:00 CET".Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in 2025 on sales of CHF 89.5 billion, proposed a dividend of CHF 3.10 a share, up 5 centimes, and set out a focus on four businesses: Coffee, Petcare, Nutrition and Food & Snacks. It guided to around 3% to 4% organic growth in 2026.0.62
