Exclusive: Investor Artisan Partners backs Unilever's plan to sell food unit

Unilever logo is displayed in this illustration created on January 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Artisan Partners, which has a history of driving strategic change at consumer companies, welcomed Unilever's (ULVR.L), opens new tabdecision on Tuesday to mergeits food business with McCormick (MKC.N), opens new tab, saying the Dove soap maker should now be able to "more effectively manage" its core personal care and hom ...