V2Food Acquires Daring Foods, Expands into Woolworths Stores and Boosts Plant-Based Sales in 2026

V2Food Acquires Daring Foods, Expands into Woolworths Stores and Boosts Plant-Based Sales in 2026

V2Food has used the Daring Foods acquisition to do something bigger than add another SKU to the shelf. It has pushed itself further away from the old plant-based meat script and into cleaner, protein-led convenience, with Woolworths now carrying the range nationally. That matters because the category has moved on. Buyers and brand teams are … Read more

Rain Financial Acquires Saudi’s Digital Ma’arefa in Major Deal to Drive Crypto Adoption Across the Middle East

Rain Financial Acquires Saudi's Digital Ma'arefa in Major Deal to Drive Crypto Adoption Across the Middle East

An Abu Dhabi-regulated crypto exchange just bought a Saudi financial media company, and the logic behind the deal says more about where digital asset adoption in the Gulf is heading than any trading volume chart. Rain Financial’s acquisition of Digital Ma’arefa is not a content play dressed up as strategy — it is a distribution … Read more

EGA Acquires 80% Stake in Italy’s Eco Green to Scale Aluminium Recycling Operations Across Europe

EGA Acquires 80% Stake in Italy's Eco Green to Scale Aluminium Recycling Operations Across Europe

When a Gulf industrial giant starts buying up recycling operations across three continents, the strategy is no longer about hedging — it’s about controlling the supply chain from scrap to smelter. Emirates Global Aluminium’s latest move into northern Italy puts that ambition into sharp focus. EGA has signed an agreement to acquire an 80% stake … Read more