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Forbes estimates the firm has spent more than $13 billion (including the deal announced Thursday) buying up at least 21 companies in nine countries in the past 10 years, ranging from a snack producer in Brazil to a butter cookie maker in Denmark.
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Five years ago, the company bought up old vegetable and flower greenhouses across the farmland south of Santa Barbara.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Between 1991 and 1993, Disney secretly begins buying up parcels of land in the area through shell companies.
—Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025
The City Council introduced an ordinance Monday that places a 10% cap on the number of single-family rentals in subdivisions to curtail large corporations that buy up homes in bulk and convert them to apartments.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Five years ago, the company bought up old vegetable and flower greenhouses across the farmland south of Santa Barbara.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Between 1991 and 1993, Disney secretly begins buying up parcels of land in the area through shell companies.
—Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025
The City Council introduced an ordinance Monday that places a 10% cap on the number of single-family rentals in subdivisions to curtail large corporations that buy up homes in bulk and convert them to apartments.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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“Buy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy%20up. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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