ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

6 Months Ended

Apr. 26, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

Acquisition: On March 2, 2020, the Company acquired the assets comprising the Sadler's Smokehouse business (Sadler's) for a preliminary purchase price of $268.9 million, subject to customary working capital adjustments. Sadler's is an authentic, pit-smoked meats business based in Henderson, Texas. This acquisition strengthens the Company's foodservice position and provides an opportunity to further extend the Sadler's product line into the retail and deli channels.

The transaction was funded with cash on hand and accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method. Allocations of the purchase price to acquired assets, including goodwill and intangibles assets, is pending the completion of a third-party valuation. See Note D - Goodwill and Intangible Assets for preliminary amounts assigned to goodwill.

Operating results for this acquisition have been included in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations from the date of acquisition and are reflected in the Refrigerated Foods segment. Pro forma results are not material for inclusion.

Divestiture: On April 15, 2019, the Company completed the sale of CytoSport, Inc. (CytoSport), which included the Muscle Milk^® and Evolve^® brands, to PepsiCo, Inc., and received final proceeds of $479.8 million. The divestiture resulted in a pretax gain of $16.5 million recognized in Selling, General and Administrative expense and a tax benefit of $17.0 million recognized within the Provision for Income Taxes on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

CytoSport's results of operations through the date of divestiture are included within Earnings Before Income Taxes in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and are reported within the Grocery Products and International & Other segments (See Note N - Segment Reporting).