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A potential $10 billion acquisition of catering firm Aramark by France’s Sodexo SA would go against the typical pattern of American companies targeting European rivals.Over the past five years, there have been nine other proposed deals of at least that size involving a European firm as the suitor for a US company,

Investing.com -- Sodexo (EPA: EXHO) is considering a possible acquisition of its U.S. competitor Aramark (NYSE: ARMK ), Bloomberg News reported late on Wednesday, sending shares of the French food catering company down to 7.8% on Thursday.

A potential sale of Aramark Corp. (NYSE:ARMK) to Sodexo SA (OTCPK:SDXOF) seems unlikely given antitrust and other concerns, according to a Truist analyst. Ararmark shares (ARMK) gained 3% on Thursday after a report on Wednesday that French food catering firm Sodexo S.