07 Jul 2016 --- France's Danone is to buy WhiteWave Foods, the US organic food maker, in a $12.5bn deal including debt. The acquisition of WhiteWave, based in Colorado, marks Danone’s biggest deal in the past 10 years. The world’s biggest yogurt maker said it would pay shareholders in WhiteWave $56.25 per share in cash. Shares in WhiteWave were valued at $47.4 on Wednesday, valuing the company at $8.33bn.
