In the beginning, margarine was the foundation of Unilever. The company started in 1929 as a merger between Dutch margarine maker Margarine Unie and British soapmaker Lever Brothers.

U.S. private equity giant KKR & Co. agreed Friday to acquire Unilever PLC's margarine and spreads business in a deal that values the unit at EUR6.83 billion ($8.03 billion), making it one of the ...

A substituição do chefe da unidade de margarina da Unilever PLC, nesta semana, levanta dúvidas sobre o futuro da área na segunda maior empresa do setor de consumo no mundo.

It's a bit ironic that Unilever, which after all began life in 1930 as the merger of a margarine manufacturer, Margarine Unie, with soap maker Lever Brothers, would have to sell its spreads business.

Margarine consumption is slipping: today the average American consumes just 1.6kg ... one of the original two firms that merged to form the Anglo-Dutch giant in 1929 was Margarine Unie.

The current structure—essentially a combination of a British and a Dutch operating firm, each with their own shares—has been in place since Lever Bros., an English soap maker, and Margarine ...

On Friday, Unilever plc (NYSE: UL) announced that it's received a binding offer of 6.8 billion euros ($8.1 billion) from investment firm KKR & Co., L.P. (NYSE: KKR) for its global margarine and ...