Nutraceutical acquisitions
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Park City, Utah-based supplement manufacturer announces it has completed acquisition of Nature's Life brand following $10.8 mil. purchase of M.K. Health Distributors' stock on June 16; deal was made public in May (1"The Tan Sheet" June 2, 2003, p. 11). Separately, Nutraceutical International has entered into purchase and sale agreement to acquire Arizona Health Foods - a chain of 11 health food stores - by July 31, firm says June 19. Nutraceutical sells various supplement brands - including Solaray, KAL, Action Labs and Thompson - to health, natural food stores...
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