PepsiCo offers US$1.7 billion to buy South Africa’s Pioneer Foods

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JOHANNESBURG: PepsiCo has made a US$1.7 billion offer to buy South Africa’s Pioneer Food Group the companies said on Friday, boosting the target’s shares by nearly 30per cent. The U.S. drinks and snack group said Pioneer Food’s product portfolio was complementary and would help PepsiCo to expand …