GNC operates about 5,000 stores, with 500 being added annually. “Royal Numico came to us. We first met in the latter part of last year,” DeSantis said. “Their management is straightforward.

Back to the high chairs. In early December Royal Numico of the Netherlands finally bid good riddance to a disastrous foray into the U.S. vitamin market. Its General Nutrition chain--bought in 1999 ...

Royal Numico N.V. has agreed to sell one of its businesses, Rexall Sundown Inc., to NBTY Inc. for $250 million. The sale price is vastly below the $1.8 billion Numico paid for Rexall Sundown in 2000.

Despite your organoleptic preferences, Danone last week agreed to offload its LU cookie brand to Kraft (for about $7.2 billion) and then struck a $16.8 billion deal to buy Royal Numico ...

PARIS – Groupe Danone SA, the maker of Dannon yogurt and Evian bottled water, is offering $16.8 billion for the Dutch baby food company Royal Numico NV less than a week after getting a bid for ...

Danone's announcement on Monday of a 12.3 billion euro ($16.8 billion) offer for Dutch clinical and infant nutrition company Royal Numico, or 55 euros (75 cents) a share, represented a premium of ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Groupe Danone, the world's largest yogurt maker, on Monday said first-quarter sales rose 19%, boosted by the acquisition of baby-food giant Royal Numico and strong demand ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Baby food maker Royal Numico said second-quarter profit rose 20% to 65 million euros, on 31% sales growth to 644 million euros. The sales growth was led by its Dumex ...

Groupe Danone, the maker of Dannon yogurt and Evian water, aims to strengthen its baby food business, bidding Monday to buy Royal Numico for $16.8 billion. The addition of Numico would make French ...

GNC’s parent, Royal Numico NV, has decided to unload the struggling Pittsburgh-based health supplements chain it bought just four years ago, sources familiar with the situation said. The Dutch ...