[9][10] In May 2012 Bright Food agreed to acquire a 60% stake in the British breakfast cereals manufacturer Weetabix Limited in a £1.2 billion deal.

In October 2014 Bright Food agreed to acquire a majority stake in Italian olive oil producer Salov, which includes the Filippo Berio and Sagra Brands.

[14] In September 2015, Bright Foods expressed interest in New Zealand dairy and meat company Silver Fern Farms by initiating a $100 million buyout of 50% of SFF.

[15] On 15 September, it was reported by The New Zealand Herald that Bright Foods subsidiary Shanghai Maling Aquarius Co., Ltd, had reached a $NZ261 Million deal to acquire 50% of Silver Fern Farms.

Liquid and powder milk that was distributed by Bright Dairy and other companies were found to contain melanine, a harmful chemical that was used to cheat nutrition test.

[18][19][20] Bright Dairy was force to recall around 300 950ml cartons of Ubest-brand milk products that were contaminated with lye that was used to clean pipes in the packaging equipment.