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Unilever agreed to sell its Ragu and Bertolli brands for about $2.15 billion to Japan-based Mizkan Group, the company announced Thursday.
聯(lián)合利華公司（Unilever）上周四宣布，同意以21.5億美元向日本的味滋康集團(tuán)（Mizkan Group）出售旗下的Ragu和佰多力（Bertolli）品牌。
Unilever, the maker of beauty brands such as Dove and Vaseline, has been looking to sell its North American pasta sauce business since at least April when the company conducted a strategic review that re-focused its food assets.
聯(lián)合利華公司是多芬（Dove）和凡士林（Vaseline）等美容品牌的制造商。它至少?gòu)慕衲晁脑乱詠砭鸵恢痹趯で蟪鍪郾泵赖囊獯罄驷u業(yè)務(wù)，當(dāng)時(shí)這家公司進(jìn)行了一項(xiàng)戰(zhàn)略審查來重新調(diào)整旗下食品資產(chǎn)的重心。
"This sale represents one of the final steps in reshaping our portfolio in North America to deliver sustainable growth," Kees Kruythoff, president of Unilever North America, said in a statement. "And [the sale] enables us to sharpen our focus within our foods business."
“這筆交易代表了我們重塑自身的北美資產(chǎn)、從而提供可持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)的最終步驟之一，” 聯(lián)合利華公司北美區(qū)總裁基斯o克魯特霍夫在一份聲明中稱。“（這筆出售交易）使我們能夠更好地聚焦于食品業(yè)務(wù)。”
The British-Dutch consumer products company sold its Wish-Bone salad dressing and Skippy peanut butter brands last year and has reportedly been looking to divest its Slim Fast business, as well. It has held onto some of its other food businesses, including Lipton and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Unilever will maintain the sales rights to Ragu and Bertolli in Europe.
這家擁有英國(guó)和荷蘭雙重國(guó)家背景的消費(fèi)品公司在去年出售了旗下的Wish-Bone沙拉醬和Skippy花生醬品牌，而且據(jù)報(bào)道一直在尋求出售旗下的Slim Fast業(yè)務(wù)。它保留了公司其他的一些食品業(yè)務(wù)，包括立頓（Lipton）和本杰里（Ben & Jerry）冰淇淋。聯(lián)合利華公司將保有Ragu和佰多力在歐洲的銷售權(quán)。
Ragu and Bertolli lead the pasta sauce category in the U.S., and the two brands have annual sales of more than $600 million. The sale also includes a sauce processing and packaging facility in Owensboro, Ky., and a tomato processing facility in Stockton, Calif.
Ragu和佰多力是美國(guó)銷量領(lǐng)先的意大利面醬，兩個(gè)品牌的年銷售額總計(jì)超過6億美元。這次出售的還包括位于肯塔基州歐文斯伯勒的一家加工及包裝廠，以及位于加利福尼亞州斯托克頓的一家番茄加工廠。
The purchase will help Mizkan, the 210-year-old maker of condiments and seasonings, continue its expansion beyond the Japanese market. Mizkan bought British food brands Sarson's, Haywards and Dufrais last year and U.S.-based Border Foods, a processor of jalapenos, in 2011.
本次收購(gòu)將幫助歷史已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)達(dá)210年的調(diào)味品和調(diào)味料制造商味滋康集團(tuán)繼續(xù)在日本以外市場(chǎng)的擴(kuò)張。味滋康集團(tuán)去年收購(gòu)了英國(guó)食品品牌Sarson's、Haywards和Dufrais，還在2011年收購(gòu)了美國(guó)的一家墨西哥胡椒加工廠Border Foods。
