Post Holdings, Inc.
Acquisitions
6
Major Deals Covered
$6.3B
Disclosed Deal Value
Post Holdings's largest disclosed acquisition here is Michael Foods for $2.5B in 2014. This page covers 6 major deals from 2014 to 2025, each with its price where disclosed and the reason behind it.
| Company | Year | Price | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Foods | 2014 | $2.5B | Diversify beyond ready-to-eat cereal into foodservice egg and potato products. |
| MOM Brands (Malt-O-Meal) | 2015 | $1.1B | Add Malt-O-Meal's value bagged cereal to Post's branded box cereals. |
| Pet Food Portfolio (J.M. Smucker) | 2023 | $1.2B | Enter pet food by buying Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Gravy Train and private-label pet food from J.M. Smucker. |
| Weetabix | 2017 | Undisclosed | Bought from Bright Food for about $1.85 billion (£1.4 billion) to add the UK's top-selling cereal brand. |
| Bob Evans Farms | 2018 | $1.5B | Add refrigerated side dishes and sausage. |
| 8th Avenue Food & Provisions | 2025 | Undisclosed | Take full ownership of the private-label nut butter, fruit and nut and pasta maker. |
2025
Take full ownership of the private-label nut butter, fruit and nut and pasta maker.
Contributed $141.8 million of net sales in Q3 fiscal 2026.
Post sold the 8th Avenue pasta business on December 1, 2025.
2023
$1.2B
Enter pet food by buying Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Gravy Train and private-label pet food from J.M. Smucker.
Pet food became a major part of Post Consumer Brands and was expanded with Perfection Pet Foods in December 2023.
Pet food volumes fell 7.8% in Q3 fiscal 2026 on distribution losses and category declines.
2018
$1.5B
Add refrigerated side dishes and sausage.
Formed the core of the Refrigerated Retail segment.
Still part of Refrigerated Retail.
2017
Bought from Bright Food for about $1.85 billion (£1.4 billion) to add the UK's top-selling cereal brand.
Gave Post an international cereal segment.
Weetabix reported $411.1 million of net sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2026.
2015
$1.1B
Add Malt-O-Meal's value bagged cereal to Post's branded box cereals.
Combined into Post Consumer Brands, covering both branded and value cereal shoppers.
Value cereal remains part of the segment, though it saw distribution losses in fiscal 2026.
2014
$2.5B
Diversify beyond ready-to-eat cereal into foodservice egg and potato products.
Created the base of today's Foodservice segment, which reported $652.9 million of net sales in Q3 fiscal 2026.
Michael Foods remains a core Post business; management cites a roughly $500 million normalized annual Adjusted EBITDA run rate for Foodservice.
Post grows mainly by buying businesses and integrating them into existing plants and sales teams. Recent moves include the $1.2 billion purchase of Smucker pet food brands (April 2023), Perfection Pet Foods for $235 million (December 2023), Potato Products of Idaho (March 2025) and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions (July 2025). It also prunes: the 8th Avenue pasta business was sold in December 2025 and Crystal Farms dairy in May 2026. Internally, Foodservice capex is going into cage-free and precooked egg capacity.
Post makes money by manufacturing and selling packaged food through four segments. Post Consumer Brands sells branded and private-label cereal and granola (Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal), pet food (Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits) and Peter Pan peanut butter to grocery, mass and club retailers. Foodservice, run by Michael Foods, sells value-added egg products and potato products to restaurant chains, distributors and institutions. Refrigerated Retail sells Bob Evans side dishes, sausage and egg products to supermarkets. Weetabix sells cereal, muesli and protein shakes mainly in the United Kingdom. In Q3 fiscal 2026, Post Consumer Brands produced $974.2 million of the $1.948 billion in net sales and Foodservice produced $652.9 million.
In June 2014, Post acquired Michael Foods for $2.45 billion, instantly transforming Post into the dominant North American leader in commercial foodservice liquid eggs (Papetti's), refrigerated potato products (Simply Potatoes), and cheese.
In April 2023, Post acquired Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Gravy Train and private-label pet food from The J.M. Smucker Company for $1.2 billion.
In July 2017, Post acquired well-known British breakfast cereal maker Weetabix Limited from China's Bright Food Group for £1.4 billion ($1.8B USD), expanding Post's geographical presence into the UK, Europe, and international export markets.
In January 2018, Post acquired Bob Evans Farms for $1.5 billion, securing the market leader in refrigerated dinner side dishes (mashed potatoes, mac & cheese) and breakfast pork sausage, establishing Post's Refrigerated Retail segment.
In 2015, Post acquired MOM Brands, maker of Malt-O-Meal, for $1.15 billion, adding value bagged cereal to its branded portfolio.
In January 2021, Post acquired Peter Pan peanut butter from Conagra Brands, adding a century-old staple brand to its pantry portfolio and capturing synergies across grocery retail distribution.
In December 2023, Post acquired Perfection Pet Foods for $235 million, adding pet food manufacturing capacity in Visalia, California.
Post's best-known separation is BellRing Brands: a 2019 IPO followed by the March 2022 distribution of most of Post's remaining stake to shareholders.
Post bought Potato Products of Idaho (March 2025) and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions (July 2025), then sold 8th Avenue's pasta business (December 2025) and Crystal Farms dairy (May 2026).
Compare corporate acquisition records, deal values, and strategic targets
Explore Post Holdings
Core profile pages, founders and related research hubs for this company.