Nestlé S.A.
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Acquisitions
4
Total Acquisitions
2018
Added Starbucks branded consumer packaged coffee outside Starbucks stores.
Deepened Nestlé coffee reach in retail and food service.
The license supports the Coffee global business focus.
2007
Expanded infant and toddler nutrition.
Strengthened Nestlé nutrition presence, especially in the United States.
Gerber remains part of Nestlé nutrition strategy.
2001
Transformed Nestlé into a major pet care company.
Built the foundation for one of Nestlé's strongest growth pillars.
Purina is now central to Nestlé PetCare.
1985
Expanded Nestlé in dairy, coffee creamers, and pet food.
Added major North American brands and manufacturing reach.
Supported Nestlé expansion in packaged foods and pet-related categories.
Nestlé strategy is sharpening around Coffee, Petcare, Nutrition, and leading regional Food and Snacks positions. Management is integrating Nutrition and Nestlé Health Science, reviewing smaller non-core assets, pursuing cost savings, and increasing growth investments behind platforms expected to deliver faster expansion.
Nestlé makes money by selling branded food, beverage, pet care, nutrition, coffee, confectionery, dairy, prepared food, and water products through retail, e-commerce, out-of-home, direct-to-consumer, and professional channels. The largest category in the 2025 annual report mix was Powdered and Liquid Beverages, followed by PetCare and Nutrition and Health Science.
Notable Nestlé deals include Carnation, Rowntree, Ralston Purina, Gerber, the Starbucks global consumer-products license, and the sale of North American water brands.
Nestlé uses acquisitions, licenses, and divestitures to reshape category exposure toward higher-growth and higher-margin businesses.
Deals can add products, technology, customers, geographic reach, or operating scale that support Nestlé's broader strategy.
No. Nestlé also relies on organic product development, customer expansion, and disciplined execution.